Images

A photograph taken by Hansen Weller of the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), taken c. 1870 when he was in Copenhagen. (Bergen Public Library, Norway)

A c. 1907 photograph taken by E. Bieber of the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) at the piano. (Bergen Public Library, Norway)

The Palace of Shaki Khans, built in 1797 by Muhammed Hasan Khan, in Shaki, Azerbaijan.

Interior of the Palace of Sardar, the former residence of Sardar, the ruler of the Erivan Khanate, image from Armenia, travels and studies, by H. F. B. Lynch, Longmas, Green, and Co., volume 1, 1901. pp. 216-217.

The grave of the German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-97) in the central cemetery of Vienna, Austria.

An 1857 photograph taken by Franz Hanfstaengl of Clara Schumann (1819-96), a piano virtuoso and wife of the composer Robert Schumann (1810-56).

The Palace of the Shirvanshahs, built in the 15th century and located in the Inner City of Baku, Azerbaijan.

Chirag Gala, a ruined ancient fortress, in the Guba Forest, Azerbaijan. It was constructed during the Sassanian Empire in the 5th century and was still used for defense in the 18th century.

Apollo and Diana attacking the Children of Niobe, oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, 1772. Dallas Museum of Art.

An 1894 photograph taken by Rudolf Krziwanek of (on the left) the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II (1825-99) and the German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-97).