Image Credits

Composer portrait images are sourced from Wikimedia Commons and stored locally for reliability. Licensing and attribution details are listed below.

License Summary

41 Public domain
1 CC BY-SA 3.0 nl
1 No restrictions
1 CC0
1 CC BY-SA 3.0
1 CC BY-SA 4.0

For complete legal terms, use each row's source link and the license link where provided.

Composer	Portrait	License	Artist / Credit	Source
Amilcare Ponchielli	Amilcare_Ponchielli.jpg	Public domain	Unknown	Commons file page
Angel Villoldo	Ángel_Villoldo_(1861-1919).jpg	Public domain	Unknown author Unknown author http://www.antiwarsongs.org/canzone.php?id=44278&lang=fr	Commons file page
Antonin Dvorak	Antonin_Dvorak_1904_by_Jan_Langhans.jpg	Public domain	Jan Nepomuk Langhans https://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=J.+F.+Langhans&m=text	Commons file page
Antonio Vivaldi	Antonio_Vivaldi_portrait.jpg	Public domain	Unidentified painter http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/baroque/Vivaldi/VIVportrait.jpg	Commons file page
Aram Khachaturian	Aram_Khachaturian_1971.jpg	CC BY-SA 3.0 nl	Mieremet, Rob / Anefo Fotocollectie Anefo . Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, nummertoegang 2.24.01.05, bestanddeelnummer 924-9784.	Commons file page
Bela Bartok	Béla_Bartók_(1881-1945).jpg	Public domain	Unknown author Unknown author Nationaal Archief AKN 013	Commons file page
Charles Gounod	Charles_Gounod_001.jpg	Public domain	Unknown	Commons file page
Christoph Graupner	Johann-christoph-graupner.png	Public domain	Christoph Graupner https://christoph-graupner-gesellschaft.de/aktuelles/media	Commons file page
Claude Debussy	Claude_Debussy_portrait.jpg	Public domain	Otto (Otto Wegener, 1849-1924) [1] https://www.flickr.com/photos/bergen_public_library/5612860084 Bergen Public Library	Commons file page
Edvard Grieg	Edvard_Grieg_by_Charles_Gerschel.jpg	No restrictions	Charles Gerschel https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14791560523/ Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/moderncomposerso00elso/moderncomposerso00elso#page/n282/mode/1up	Commons file page
Edward MacDowell	Edward_A._MacDowell.jpg	Public domain	Unknown author Unknown author http://www.photographersdirect.com/buyers/stockphoto.asp?imageid=652020	Commons file page
Emile Durand	Emile_Durand_musicien.jpg	Public domain	unidentified photographer Amis et Passionnés du Père-Lachaise : http://www.appl-lachaise.net/appl/IMG/jpg/l.jpg	Commons file page
Felix Mendelssohn	Felix_Mendelssohn_Bartholdy.jpg	Public domain	Eduard Magnus Berlin State Library	Commons file page
Ferdinando Carulli	Ferdinando_Carulli.jpg	Public domain	After Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b8416211p	Commons file page
Fernando Sor	Fernando_Sor.jpg	Public domain	Godefroy Engelmann / After Joseph Bordes This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b8424986g	Commons file page
Frederic Chopin	Frederic_Chopin.jpg	Public domain	Unknown author Unknown author http://portrait.kaar.at/Musikgeschichte%2019.Jhd%20Teil%203/image11.html	Commons file page
Gautier	Théophile_Gautier.jpg	Public domain	Auguste de Châtillon Self-scanned	Commons file page
George Frideric Handel	John_Theodore_Heins_-_Portrait_of_George_Frideric_Handel_(c.1740).jpg	Public domain	John Theodore Heins (1697-1756) Google Art Project, Die Konferenz Nationaler Kultureinrichtungen	Commons file page
Gerardo Matos Rodriguez	MRodriguez.jpg	Public domain	Unknown author Unknown author Editorial Musical Alfredo Perroti.	Commons file page
Giacomo Puccini	Giacomo_Puccini_by_Mario_Nunes_Vais.jpg	Public domain	Photographer: Mario Nunes Vais (1856–1932) Libretto and Programme Notes for Tosca , p. 2, published by the Teatro La Fenice at http://www.teatrolafenice.it/public/libretti/84_6334Tosca_v3.pdf	Commons file page
Giuseppe Giordani (Giordanello)	Giuseppe_Giordani.png	CC0	Unknown author Unknown author http://fjfetis.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-50.html	Commons file page
Gustav Lange	Gustav_Lange.jpg	Public domain	Unknown Unknown Lange, Gustav. Les trois Grâces : Mazurka de Concert: Op. 9. Circa 1900 https://polona.pl/item-view/45c706f9-b796-4593-9441-519cf21aff7f?page=0	Commons file page
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber	H.I.F.Biber.jpg	Public domain	Paul Seel http://www.portraitindex.de/documents/obj/33200397	Commons file page
Henry Purcell	Henry_Purcell_by_John_Closterman.jpg	Public domain	anonymous one or more third parties have made copyright claims against Wikimedia Commons in relation to the work from which this is sourced or a purely mechanical reproduction thereof . This may be due to recognition of the " sweat of the brow " doctrine, allowing works to be eligible for protection through skill and labour, and not purely by originality as is the case in the United States (where this website is hosted). These claims may or may not be valid in all jurisdictions. As such, use of this image in the jurisdiction of the claimant or other countries may be regarded as copyright infringement . Please see Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag for more information.	Commons file page
Jacques Offenbach	Jacques_Offenbach_by_Édouard_Riou_&_Nadar.jpg	Public domain	Édouard Riou / Nadar Bibliothèque nationale de France	Commons file page
Jean-Joseph Mouret	Jean-Joseph_Mouret.jpg	CC BY-SA 3.0	Elias223 unknown engraver	Commons file page
Jean-Philippe Rameau	Jean-Philippe_Rameau_by_Jacques_Aved.jpg	CC BY-SA 4.0	Attributed to Joseph Aved / Formerly attributed to Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Yelkrokoyade	Commons file page
Johann Strauss II	Johann_Strauss_II.jpg	Public domain	Unknown author Unknown author [1]	Commons file page
Johannes Brahms	Johannes_Brahms_portrait.jpg	Public domain	C. Brasch, Berlin This image is available from the New York Public Library 's Digital Library under the digital ID 1158325: digitalgallery.nypl.org → digitalcollections.nypl.org	Commons file page
John Philip Sousa	John_Philip_Sousa.jpg	Public domain	United States Marine Band United States Marine Band - ( Archived link ) Direct download - ( Archived link )	Commons file page
Julius Fucik	Julius_Fučík_(1872–1916).jpg	Public domain	Unknown author Unknown author Unknown source Unknown source	Commons file page
Juventino Rosas	Juventino_Rosas.jpg	Public domain	Unknown	Commons file page
Leo Delibes	Léo_Delibes_1891.jpg	Public domain	Unknown. After a photograph by Bencque. Bibliothèque nationale de France	Commons file page
Louis-Claude Daquin	Louis-Claude_Daquin.jpg	Public domain	Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b10335274k	Commons file page
Ludwig van Beethoven	Ludwig_Van_Beethoven.jpg	Public domain	Unknown http://www.oxfordtutorials.com/BulletinBoard.htm	Commons file page
Luigi Boccherini	Luigi_Boccherini.jpg	Public domain	Etienne Mazas This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b8415874z	Commons file page
Mauro Giuliani	Mauro_Giuliani.jpg	Public domain	Friedrich Jügel Stubenrauch This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b8420323n	Commons file page
Muzio Clementi	M_Clementi.jpg	Public domain	Unknown author Unknown author http://cn.last.fm/music/Muzio+Clementi	Commons file page
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov	Nikolay_A_Rimsky_Korsakov_1897.jpg	Public domain	Serge Lachinov svobodanews.ru ; removed PD watermark	Commons file page
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky.jpg	Public domain	Charles Reutlinger http://www.radio.cz/cz/html/hudba_romantismus.html	Commons file page
Richard Wagner	Young_richard_wagner.jpg	Public domain	Unknown author Unknown author http://portrait.kaar.at/Musikgeschichte%2019.Jhd%20Teil%203/image21.html	Commons file page
Robert Schumann	Robert_Schumann.jpg	Public domain	Adolph von Menzel en:Image:Schuhmann.jpg	Commons file page
Sebastian Yradier	Sebastian_Iradier.jpg	Public domain	Unknown author Unknown author http://www.eitb.com/radio/noticias/detalle/69712/radio-vitoria-celebra-bicentenario-nacimiento-sebastian-iradier/	Commons file page
Sergei Rachmaninoff	Rachmaninoff.jpg	Public domain	Unknown	Commons file page
Thomas Hastings	Thomas_Hastings_(composer).jpg	Public domain	Unknown author Unknown author [1]	Commons file page
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Wolfgang_amadeus_mozart.jpg	Public domain	User Magnus Manske on en.wikipedia Originally from en.wikipedia ; description page is (was) here	Commons file page