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  • 1 of the 6 basement store rooms for musical instruments at the Philarmonie de Paris, or Philharmonie 1, in the Cite de la Musique in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The collection of 5200 instruments from throughout the world are maintained so they can be used and heard by the public. The building houses a symphony hall by Jean Nouvel, opened in 2015, home of the Orchestre de Paris, and concert halls, exhibition spaces, rehearsal rooms, educational services, restaurant and bars. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 1 of the 6 basement store rooms for musical instruments at the Philarmonie de Paris, or Philharmonie 1, in the Cite de la Musique in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The collection of 5200 instruments from throughout the world are maintained so they can be used and heard by the public. The building houses a symphony hall by Jean Nouvel, opened in 2015, home of the Orchestre de Paris, and concert halls, exhibition spaces, rehearsal rooms, educational services, restaurant and bars. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Philippe Debouche, assistant maintenance manager, storing musical instruments in 1 of the 6 basement store rooms at the Philarmonie de Paris, or Philharmonie 1, in the Cite de la Musique in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. He repairs and maintains the collection of 5200 instruments from throughout the world, so they can be used and heard by the public. The building houses a symphony hall by Jean Nouvel, opened in 2015, home of the Orchestre de Paris, and concert halls, exhibition spaces, rehearsal rooms, educational services, restaurant and bars. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Philippe Debouche, assistant maintenance manager, repairing musical instruments in the workshop in the education centre for children and families at the Philarmonie de Paris, or Philharmonie 1, in the Cite de la Musique in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. He repairs and maintains the collection of 5200 instruments from throughout the world, stored in the basement of the Philharmonie. The building houses a symphony hall by Jean Nouvel, opened in 2015, home of the Orchestre de Paris, and concert halls, exhibition spaces, rehearsal rooms, educational services, restaurant and bars. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stringed musical instruments in the education centre for children and families at the Philarmonie de Paris, or Philharmonie 1, in the Cite de la Musique in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building houses a symphony hall by Jean Nouvel, opened in 2015, home of the Orchestre de Paris, and concert halls, exhibition spaces, rehearsal rooms, educational services, restaurant and bars. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musical instruments in the window of the education centre for children and families at the Philarmonie de Paris, or Philharmonie 1, in the Cite de la Musique in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building houses a symphony hall by Jean Nouvel, opened in 2015, home of the Orchestre de Paris, and concert halls, exhibition spaces, rehearsal rooms, educational services, restaurant and bars. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musical instruments in the window of the education centre for children and families at the Philarmonie de Paris, or Philharmonie 1, in the Cite de la Musique in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building houses a symphony hall by Jean Nouvel, opened in 2015, home of the Orchestre de Paris, and concert halls, exhibition spaces, rehearsal rooms, educational services, restaurant and bars. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General view of interior of traditional musical instrument shop, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, pictured on July 3, 2010. It is situated in the shopping centre opposite the Chorsu Bazaar. Tashkent, 2000 year old capital city of Uzbekistan, a Silk Road city whose name means "Stone Fortress", is now very modern due to a disastrous earthquake in 1966, after which it was greatly rebuilt. However, some of the old buildings still stand in the glittering modern city. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Frescoes of 47 angels, each playing a different medieval or oriental musical instrument or holding musical scores or liturgical Gregorian chant songbooks, 1380, attributed to Jan de Bruges, on the vaulted ceiling of the Chapelle de la Vierge or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The frescoes were restored in the late 20th century. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frescoes of 47 angels, each playing a different medieval or oriental musical instrument or holding musical scores or liturgical Gregorian chant songbooks, 1380, attributed to Jan de Bruges, on the vaulted ceiling of the Chapelle de la Vierge or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The frescoes were restored in the late 20th century. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frescoes of angels, each playing a different medieval or oriental musical instrument or holding musical scores or liturgical Gregorian chant songbooks, 1380, attributed to Jan de Bruges, on the vaulted ceiling of the Chapelle de la Vierge or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The frescoes were restored in the late 20th century. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frescoes of 47 angels, each playing a different medieval or oriental musical instrument or holding musical scores or liturgical Gregorian chant songbooks, 1380, attributed to Jan de Bruges, on the vaulted ceiling of the Chapelle de la Vierge or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The frescoes were restored in the late 20th century. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frescoes of 47 angels, each playing a different medieval or oriental musical instrument or holding musical scores or liturgical Gregorian chant songbooks, 1380, attributed to Jan de Bruges, on the vaulted ceiling of the Chapelle de la Vierge or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The frescoes were restored in the late 20th century. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frescoes of 47 angels, each playing a different medieval or oriental musical instrument or holding musical scores or liturgical Gregorian chant songbooks, 1380, attributed to Jan de Bruges, on the vaulted ceiling of the Chapelle de la Vierge or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The frescoes were restored in the late 20th century. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frescoes of 47 angels, each playing a different medieval or oriental musical instrument or holding musical scores or liturgical Gregorian chant songbooks, 1380, attributed to Jan de Bruges, on the vaulted ceiling of the Chapelle de la Vierge or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The frescoes were restored in the late 20th century. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Artisan at work making musical instruments by hand in Bursa, Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco from apodyterium or changing room of Qasr Amra, Jordan. This fresco shows an animal, possibly feline, playing a musical instrument. These early Islamic frescoes have strong Persian and Byzantine influences. The original castle complex was built in 723-743 by Walid Ibn Yazid, the future Umayyad Caliph Walid II. It was a fortress with military garrison and residence of the Umayyad Caliphs. Today only the royal pleasure cabin remains, with reception hall and hammam or bath house. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funerary stela of Lutatia Lupata, a 16 year old girl, dedicated to the Mane gods or the souls of the deceased, marble, 2nd century AD, from the necropolis at Cerro de San Albin, in the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano, or National Museum of Roman Art, designed by Rafael Moneo and built 1981-86, housing Roman collections from the colony of Emerita Augusta, founded in 25 BC by Emperor Augustus, now modern-day Merida, Extremadura, Spain. The stela is in the style of a temple, depicting the deceased wearing a long sleeved tunic and playing a pandarium or similar stringed musical instrument. The Roman remains in Merida are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Praca dos Restauradores, or Restauradores Square, celebrating the restoration of Portuguese independence in 1640, with the obelisk, 1886, with the names and dates of the battles of the Portuguese Restoration War, seen reflected in the window of a musical instrument shop, Lisbon, Portugal. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musician from the North Tympanum in the narthex of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church.  The typanum over the north (left) door in the narthex is heavily carved with pilgrims to Emmaus, including this figure playing a musical instrument, probably a lute. It dates from c. 1115. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptures of muses playing musical instruments (lyre, castanets, drum and Germanic lyre), by Eusebi Arnau, with mosaics by Lluis Bru, around the back wall of the stage in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptures of muses playing musical instruments (bagpipes and triangle), by Eusebi Arnau, with mosaics by Lluis Bru, around the back wall of the stage in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptures of muses playing musical instruments (guembri, pan pipes, lute, flageolet and drum), by Eusebi Arnau, with mosaics by Lluis Bru, around the back wall of the stage in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptures of muses playing musical instruments (drum and Germanic lyre), by Eusebi Arnau, with mosaics by Lluis Bru, around the back wall of the stage in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jose Evangelista Salas, congo drummer in the musical group Paleros de Mandinga, in the Mandinga district of Santo Domingo Este, a suburb of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean. These traditional bands have African roots and use traditional instruments including congo drums and maracas and are important in the celebration of festivals and religious occasions. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of an angel playing a mandore, a plucked stringed instrument with domed soundboard and carved head, with a plectrum, 1380, attributed to Jan de Bruges, on the vaulted ceiling of the Chapelle de la Vierge or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The sun above the angel's head contains the image of Gontier Baigneux. The frescoes were restored in the late 20th century. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bronze sculpture of putti playing musical instrument, possibly a candelabra base, in the Atelier de Lustrerie-Bronze, or Bronze Chandelier Workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The workshop deals mainly with gilded bronze pieces such as chandeliers, sconces, pendulums, candelabras, andirons, candlesticks and furniture bronzes from the 17th century to the present day. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Devotee playing sistrums (musical instruments) before Isis, Ptolemaic relief, limestone, from reign of Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon, 170-116 BC, from Coptos, or Qift, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Devotee playing sistrums (musical instruments) before Isis, detail, Ptolemaic relief, limestone, from reign of Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon, 170-116 BC, from Coptos, or Qift, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, a fine arts museum opened 1801 in a former convent on the Place des Terreaux in Lyon, Rhone, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Angels playing musical instruments, detail of frescoes by Jacques Gamelin, 1738-1803, on the ceiling of the Chapelle St Liboire, beneath the organ, 18th century, in the Eglise Saint-Jacques, a Gothic church built 1260-80 in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The church is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Angels playing musical instruments, detail of frescoes by Jacques Gamelin, 1738-1803, on the ceiling of the Chapelle St Liboire, beneath the organ, 18th century, in the Eglise Saint-Jacques, a Gothic church built 1260-80 in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The church is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musical instruments, marquetry detail from a wooden cabinet, 1771, by Jean-Henri Riesener, in the apartment of Madame Lemoine de Crecy, in the Pierre-Elisabeth de Fontanieu wing of the Intendant's apartments, in the Hotel de la Marine, built 1757-74 by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, 1698-1782, architect to King Louis XV, on the Place de la Concorde, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. This secretary desk was bought in 2019 by the Al Thani Collection Foundation and gifted to the CMN. The building was made to house the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne, the king's furniture collection. The Intendant of the Garde-Meuble was an important officer to the king, and was housed in this building in lavish apartments (Pierre-Elisabeth de Fontanieu from 1765, and Marc-Antoine Thierry de Ville d’Avray from 1786). From 1789, the building became the Ministere de la Marine, the navy ministry. It was restored 2017-20 and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musical instruments in the education centre for children and families at the Philarmonie de Paris, or Philharmonie 1, in the Cite de la Musique in the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building houses a symphony hall by Jean Nouvel, opened in 2015, home of the Orchestre de Paris, and concert halls, exhibition spaces, rehearsal rooms, educational services, restaurant and bars. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stained glass window of the Children of God, by Madame Deanna de Marigny, with Jesus and children, a ribbon of flowers, musical instruments and the crossed keys of heaven, commissioned in 1968 by Mayor Michel Buillard and Monsignor Hubert Coppenrath, in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Papeete, or Cathedrale Notre Dame de Papeete, planned in 1844 and built in colonial Gothic style 1856-75, on the Rue du General de Gaulle in Papeete, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dove of the Holy Ghost, and angels playing musical instruments, detail of the Retaule de Santa Maria, main altarpiece by Pau Costa and Joan Torras, in baroque style, built 1723-29 and gilded 1770-88, in the Church of St Mary, or Esglesia de Santa Maria de Cadaques, built in the 17th century, in Cadaques, on the Cap de Creus peninsula, Catalonia, Spain. The 23m high altarpiece is dedicated to the Virgin of Hope, and features scenes of the apocalypse, the life of the Virgin and saints. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Music Room of the Biblioteca Publica Arus, established 1895 by Rossend Arus, in his house designed by Bonaventura Bassegoda i Amigo on the Passeig de Sant Joan, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This room houses a piano and harmonium where users could come to play musical scores housed in the library. The library is open to the public and contains over 80,000 works, specialising in freemasonry and social politics. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bedouin playing a rabab (bedouin violin), Wadi Rum, Jordan. The rabab is made from a rectangular wooden frame with goat skin stretched across it. The single steel string is tunable with a wooden peg mounted on the long neck. It is played with a bow. This instrument is the essential melody instrument of the nomadic Bedouins; customarily played by the sha'ir, or poet-singer, to accompany heroic and love songs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Back of the armorial chair of Jean Sans Peur (Jean de Valois or Jean I duc de Bourgogne), or John the Fearless (John of Valois or John I Duke of Burgundy), 1371-1419, carved by Jean de Liege, 1330-81, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The upper section is the coat of arms of Jean Sans Peur, with the lion of his mother Margaret of Flanders, and below are the symbols of Bethel County and the County of Burgundy, and angels holding musical instruments such as the unicorde, flute and viola. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted statue of St Cecilia playing a portable organ, by Charles Hoyau, commissioned 1633 by canon Bernardin Le Rouge, for an altar to be placed under the grand organ in honour of a musical competition, and moved here in 1974, in the Chapelle Saint Pierre or St Peter's Chapel in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The statue was repainted in the 19th century and restored 1997-2002 by Brigitte Esteve and Pierre Gicquel. Behind the altar is a high relief of the resurrection of Christ. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musical scene, fresco, 510-500 BC, in the Tomba Cardarelli, at the Monterozzi Etruscan necropolis near Tarquinia, Vitero, Lazio, Italy. The fresco depicts a harpist and a flautist flanking a painted doorway. Above are lions catching deer. The tomb is named after Vincenzo Cardarelli, a poet from Tarquinia. The necropolis was founded in the 7th century BC and contains around 6000 graves, many of which are covered in frescos. Monterozzi is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musical scene, fresco, 510-500 BC, in the Tomba Cardarelli, at the Monterozzi Etruscan necropolis near Tarquinia, Vitero, Lazio, Italy. The fresco depicts a harpist and a flautist flanking a painted doorway. Above are lions catching deer. The tomb is named after Vincenzo Cardarelli, a poet from Tarquinia. The necropolis was founded in the 7th century BC and contains around 6000 graves, many of which are covered in frescos. Monterozzi is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Modernist style mosaic of a classical scene with reclining man playing a lyre, on the open air amphitheatre used for musical performances, in the Square Sarah Bernhardt, built 1936, in the Charonne quarter of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France. The square is named after French actress Henriette-Marie-Sarah Bernhardt, known as Sarah Bernhardt, 1844-1923. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musical group busking on the newly renovated pedestrianised section of the Voie Georges Pompidou, a West-East roadway across Paris, on the Quai de l'Hotel de Ville on the right bank of the river Seine, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Behind is the Ile de la Cite and the towers of Notre Dame. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted statue of St Cecilia playing a portable organ, by Charles Hoyau, commissioned 1633 by canon Bernardin Le Rouge, for an altar to be placed under the grand organ in honour of a musical competition, and moved here in 1974, in the Chapelle Saint Pierre or St Peter's Chapel in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The statue was repainted in the 19th century and restored 1997-2002 by Brigitte Esteve and Pierre Gicquel. The saint's earlobes are pierced, and would originally have had earrings. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted statue of St Cecilia playing a portable organ, by Charles Hoyau, commissioned 1633 by canon Bernardin Le Rouge, for an altar to be placed under the grand organ in honour of a musical competition, and moved here in 1974, in the Chapelle Saint Pierre or St Peter's Chapel in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The statue was repainted in the 19th century and restored 1997-2002 by Brigitte Esteve and Pierre Gicquel. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of the Virgin and child, and behind, painted statue of St Cecilia playing a portable organ, by Charles Hoyau, commissioned 1633 by canon Bernardin Le Rouge, for an altar to be placed under the grand organ in honour of a musical competition, and moved here in 1974, in the Chapelle Saint Pierre or St Peter's Chapel in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The statue was repainted in the 19th century and restored 1997-2002 by Brigitte Esteve and Pierre Gicquel. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted statue of St Cecilia playing a portable organ, by Charles Hoyau, commissioned 1633 by canon Bernardin Le Rouge, for an altar to be placed under the grand organ in honour of a musical competition, and moved here in 1974, in the Chapelle Saint Pierre or St Peter's Chapel in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The statue was repainted in the 19th century and restored 1997-2002 by Brigitte Esteve and Pierre Gicquel. Behind the altar is a high relief of the resurrection of Christ. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted statue of St Cecilia playing a portable organ, by Charles Hoyau, commissioned 1633 by canon Bernardin Le Rouge, for an altar to be placed under the grand organ in honour of a musical competition, and moved here in 1974, in the Chapelle Saint Pierre or St Peter's Chapel in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The statue was repainted in the 19th century and restored 1997-2002 by Brigitte Esteve and Pierre Gicquel. Behind the altar is a high relief of the resurrection of Christ. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Back of the armorial chair of Jean Sans Peur (Jean de Valois or Jean I duc de Bourgogne), or John the Fearless (John of Valois or John I Duke of Burgundy), 1371-1419, carved by Jean de Liege, 1330-81, in the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, opened 1787 in the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon, Burgundy, France. The upper section is the coat of arms of Jean Sans Peur, with the lion of his mother Margaret of Flanders, and below are the symbols of Bethel County and the County of Burgundy, and angels holding musical instruments such as the unicorde, flute and viola. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Angel playing a rebec, a medieval stringed instrument, from a band of sky above the Angel in the Euphrates scene, detail of the second piece depicting the Seven Trumpets, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Angel playing a rebec, a medieval stringed instrument, from a band of sky above the Angel in the Euphrates scene, detail of the second piece depicting the Seven Trumpets, from the Tenture de l'Apocalypse or Apocalypse Tapestry, made 1373-82 by Nicolas Bataille in the workshop of Robert Poincon after preparatory drawings by Hennequin de Bruges, in the Musee de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse, in the Chateau d'Angers, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France. The tapestry was commissioned by Louis I duc d'Anjou and depicts the Apocalypse of John. It measures 140m and is divided into 6 pieces with 90 scenes. Although bequeathed to Angers Cathedral by King Rene in the 15th century, the tapestry was reconstructed and restored in the 19th century, listed as a historic monument and exhibited in the castle. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital of King David and his musicians, with musicians playing a stringed instrument with a bow and a 'serpent', a leather trumpet with reptile's head, and a contortionist in the middle, and row of birds in circles above, in the Abbatiale Sainte-Foy de Conques or Abbey-church of Saint-Foy, Conques, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrenees, France, a Romanesque abbey church begun 1050 under abbot Odolric to house the remains of St Foy, a 4th century female martyr. The church is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago da Compostela, and is listed as a historic monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted stone decoration of a mythical creature, possibly a centaur, playing a woodwind instrument and drumming, on the intrados or lower curve of the arch of the main door separating the terrace from the Sala de Contratacion or Trading Hall, at the Llotja de la Seda or Lonja de la Seda, the Silk Exchange, a Gothic building designed by  Pere Compte and built 1482-1548 in Valencia, Spain. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gabriel Faure, 1845-1924, French composer, playing the ombi, a lute-like instrument from Guinea, with his wife at Prunay, France, photograph taken 1889. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Organ, commissioned in 1903, in the nave of the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. The instrument was made by Charles Mutin, its neogothic wooden casing was designed by the architect Camille Formige, working on the restoration under Viollet-le-Duc in 1884-96 and the stone columns below were sculpted by Geoffroy. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The old bellows of the Organ, commissioned in 1903, in the nave of the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. The instrument was made by Charles Mutin, and its neogothic wooden casing was designed by the architect Camille Formige, working on the restoration under Viollet-le-Duc in 1884-96.. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Organ, commissioned in 1903, in the nave of the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Poissy, a catholic parish church founded c. 1016 by Robert the Pious and rebuilt 1130-60 in late Romanesque and early Gothic styles, in Poissy, Yvelines, France. The instrument was made by Charles Mutin, its neogothic wooden casing was designed by the architect Camille Formige, working on the restoration under Viollet-le-Duc in 1884-96. The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Poissy was listed as a Historic Monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Music Room, with a piano harmonium built in Naples in 1868 by Achille Fummo, and floral red velvet on the walls, next to the King's Room, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Music Room, with a piano harmonium built in Naples in 1868 by Achille Fummo, and floral red velvet on the walls, next to the King's Room, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Music Room, with vaulted ceiling decorated with trompe l'oeil frescoes, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The palazzo, begun 1632, was designed by Angelo Crivelli, for Carlo III Borromeo and his wife Isabella D'Adda, then completed by Carlo Fontana for Giberto III Borromeo and Vitaliano VI Borromeo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of a figure playing a stringed instrument with a bow, above a carved Romanesque capital, 12th century, in the nave of the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Musica, or Allegory of Music, Flemish tapestry from Audenarde, 16th century, in wool and silk, in the Salle de la Reine or Queen's Room, between the King's Room and the Great Hall, in the Logis Royal at the Chateau de Loches, in the Cite Royale de Loches, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. The chateau is a medieval castle in the Loire Valley consisting of the old collegiate Eglise Saint-Ours, the Renaissance Logis Royal built 14th and 16th century, and the keep, built 1013 by Foulques Nerra, count of Anjou. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musicians forming the Cofradia de los Congos del Espiritu Santo, standing on a porch singing and playing their instruments, in Santo Domingo Este, a suburb of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean. These traditional brotherhood bands have African roots and use traditional instruments including congo drums and maracas and are important in the celebration of festivals and religious occasions. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musicians of the Cofradia de los Congos del Espiritu Santo, performing on the street in Santo Domingo Este, a suburb of Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, Caribbean. These traditional brotherhood bands have African roots and use traditional instruments including congo drums and maracas and are important in the celebration of festivals and religious occasions. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pegasus sculpture by Eusebi Arnau, and behind, skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, and sculpture of Les Flors de Maig (The Flowers of May) and bust of Anselm Clave, representing Catalan folk music, by Pau Gargallo, in the Concert Hall of the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Triomphe de la Musique or the Triumph of Music, final sketch, 1966, by Marc Chagall, 1887-1985, copyright ADAGP, in the exhibition Marc Chagall : Le Triomphe de la Musique, in the Philharmonie de Paris. Chagall was a Russian-French artist of Jewish heritage. Throughout his career he designed many sets for theatres and opera houses, and music is a major theme in his work - Please contact ADAGP Paris for Artist's reproduction right - Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing traditional French songs at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing and singing traditional French songs with a second female singer, at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • People dancing in the street, and Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing traditional French songs at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing traditional French songs at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing traditional French songs at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing traditional French songs at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing traditional French songs at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing traditional French songs at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing traditional French songs at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the Fado Vadio graffiti mural in the Escadinhas de Sao Cristovao, Alfama, Lisbon, Portugal. The mural celebrates traditional fado folk music, which originated from here. It was created by the Movimento dos Amigos de Sao Cristovao, a local community group, which worked with artists to create the graffiti mural. The work contains portraits of fado singers such as Maria Severa and Fernando Mauricio, song lyrics and views of the neighbourhood. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing traditional French songs at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of a children's choir, 1931, by Maurice Guy-Loe, pseudonym of Maurice Guyot, 1898-1991, in the Salon de Musique or Music Room of the Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, built 1923-35 and inaugurated in 1925, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This was the first residence built at CIUP and was influenced by the style of English University colleges at Oxford and consists of 7 pavilions around a garden. The buildings are listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Antonio Stradivari or Stradivarius, 1644-1737, Italian luthier and a crafter of stringed instruments, 19th century engraving after A Camp, 1681. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • La Musica, or Allegory of Music, detail, Flemish tapestry from Audenarde, 16th century, in wool and silk, in the Salle de la Reine or Queen's Room, between the King's Room and the Great Hall, in the Logis Royal at the Chateau de Loches, in the Cite Royale de Loches, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. The chateau is a medieval castle in the Loire Valley consisting of the old collegiate Eglise Saint-Ours, the Renaissance Logis Royal built 14th and 16th century, and the keep, built 1013 by Foulques Nerra, count of Anjou. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Danse, oil painting on canvas, 1950-52, by Marc Chagall, 1887-1985, copyright ADAGP. The painting is in the collection of the Musee National d'Art Moderne in the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, France, currently exhibited at the Musee National Marc Chagall in Nice. Chagall was a Russian-French artist of Jewish heritage. Throughout his career he designed many sets for theatres and opera houses, and music is a major theme in his work - Please contact ADAGP Paris for Artist's reproduction right - Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Thomas Ospital, organist, born 1990 in the French Basque country, photographed on 8th November 2018 beside the pipe organ in the Church of St Eustache, Paris, France. Thomas Ospital is the Titular Organist of the largest pipe organ in France at the Eglise Saint-Eustache in Paris and Organist in Residence at the Maison de la Radio (new Radio France auditorium by Gerhard Grenzing). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Thomas Ospital, organist, born 1990 in the French Basque country, photographed on 8th November 2018 beside the pipe organ in the Church of St Eustache, Paris, France. Thomas Ospital is the Titular Organist of the largest pipe organ in France at the Eglise Saint-Eustache in Paris and Organist in Residence at the Maison de la Radio (new Radio France auditorium by Gerhard Grenzing). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Thomas Ospital, organist, born 1990 in the French Basque country, photographed on 8th November 2018 beside the pipe organ in the Church of St Eustache, Paris, France. Thomas Ospital is the Titular Organist of the largest pipe organ in France at the Eglise Saint-Eustache in Paris and Organist in Residence at the Maison de la Radio (new Radio France auditorium by Gerhard Grenzing). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Thomas Ospital, organist, born 1990 in the French Basque country, photographed on 8th November 2018 beside the pipe organ in the Church of St Eustache, Paris, France. Thomas Ospital is the Titular Organist of the largest pipe organ in France at the Eglise Saint-Eustache in Paris and Organist in Residence at the Maison de la Radio (new Radio France auditorium by Gerhard Grenzing). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Thomas Ospital, organist, born 1990 in the French Basque country, photographed on 8th November 2018 beside the pipe organ in the Church of St Eustache, Paris, France. Thomas Ospital is the Titular Organist of the largest pipe organ in France at the Eglise Saint-Eustache in Paris and Organist in Residence at the Maison de la Radio (new Radio France auditorium by Gerhard Grenzing). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Thomas Ospital, organist, born 1990 in the French Basque country, photographed on 8th November 2018 beside the pipe organ in the Church of St Eustache, Paris, France. Thomas Ospital is the Titular Organist of the largest pipe organ in France at the Eglise Saint-Eustache in Paris and Organist in Residence at the Maison de la Radio (new Radio France auditorium by Gerhard Grenzing). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Thomas Ospital, organist, born 1990 in the French Basque country, photographed on 8th November 2018 beside the pipe organ in the Church of St Eustache, Paris, France. Thomas Ospital is the Titular Organist of the largest pipe organ in France at the Eglise Saint-Eustache in Paris and Organist in Residence at the Maison de la Radio (new Radio France auditorium by Gerhard Grenzing). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Thomas Ospital, organist, born 1990 in the French Basque country, photographed on 8th November 2018 beside the pipe organ in the Church of St Eustache, Paris, France. Thomas Ospital is the Titular Organist of the largest pipe organ in France at the Eglise Saint-Eustache in Paris and Organist in Residence at the Maison de la Radio (new Radio France auditorium by Gerhard Grenzing). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Thomas Ospital, organist, born 1990 in the French Basque country, photographed on 8th November 2018 beside the pipe organ in the Church of St Eustache, Paris, France. Thomas Ospital is the Titular Organist of the largest pipe organ in France at the Eglise Saint-Eustache in Paris and Organist in Residence at the Maison de la Radio (new Radio France auditorium by Gerhard Grenzing). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of muses and putti on the painted ceiling of the Theatre Imperial Napoleon III de Fontainebleau (Fontainebleau Theatre Napoleon III), 1853-1856, by Hector Lefuel, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France. Restoration of the theatre began in Spring 2013 thanks to an agreement between the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the French Governement dedicating 5 M€ to the restoration.  In recognition of the sponsorship by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, French Governement decided to rename the theatre as "Theatre Cheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan" (Cheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Theatre). The achievement of the first stage of renovation has allowed the opening of the theatre to the public on May 3, 2014. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of muses and putti on the painted ceiling of the Theatre Imperial Napoleon III de Fontainebleau (Fontainebleau Theatre Napoleon III), 1853-1856, by Hector Lefuel, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France. Restoration of the theatre began in Spring 2013 thanks to an agreement between the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the French Governement dedicating 5 M€ to the restoration.  In recognition of the sponsorship by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, French Governement decided to rename the theatre as "Theatre Cheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan" (Cheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Theatre). The achievement of the first stage of renovation has allowed the opening of the theatre to the public on May 3, 2014. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Odalisque, oil painting on canvas, by Louis Courtat, 1847-1909, in the Musee des Ursulines, an art and archaeology museum housed since 1968 in the former Ursulines convent, built 1675-80, in Macon, Saone-et-Loire, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of an angel playing the harp, wings outstretched, 1380, attributed to Jan de Bruges, on the vaulted ceiling of the Chapelle de la Vierge or Chapel of the Virgin, in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The frescoes were restored in the late 20th century. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Perspective view of the interior of an organ, illustration from 'líArt du Facteur díOrgues' or 'The Art of Building Organs', by F Lamathe Bedos de Celles de Salelles, known as Dom Bedos de Celles, published in 1766. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of an angel playing an aulos or double flute while seated on a lion, 1851, seen from between the columns of the Konzerthaus, originally the Schauspielhaus, built 1818-21 and designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, on Gendarmenmarkt square, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of an angel playing a lyre while seated on a lion, 1851, outside the Konzerthaus, originally the Schauspielhaus, built 1818-21 and designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, on Gendarmenmarkt square, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of muses and putti on the painted ceiling of the Theatre Imperial Napoleon III de Fontainebleau (Fontainebleau Theatre Napoleon III), 1853-1856, by Hector Lefuel, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France. Restoration of the theatre began in Spring 2013 thanks to an agreement between the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the French Governement dedicating 5 M€ to the restoration.  In recognition of the sponsorship by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, French Governement decided to rename the theatre as "Theatre Cheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan" (Cheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Theatre). The achievement of the first stage of renovation has allowed the opening of the theatre to the public on May 3, 2014. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of muses and putti on the painted ceiling of the Theatre Imperial Napoleon III de Fontainebleau (Fontainebleau Theatre Napoleon III), 1853-1856, by Hector Lefuel, Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France. Restoration of the theatre began in Spring 2013 thanks to an agreement between the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the French Governement dedicating 5 M€ to the restoration.  In recognition of the sponsorship by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, French Governement decided to rename the theatre as "Theatre Cheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan" (Cheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Theatre). The achievement of the first stage of renovation has allowed the opening of the theatre to the public on May 3, 2014. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of the organ, built 1580 by Nicolas Barbier, in the nave of the Collegiate Church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais, built 12th to 16th centuries in Gothic and Renaissance styles, in Gisors, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. The church was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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