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Photographs

Collection

The Photographic Collection of the Archivio Storico Ricordi originated during the second half of the 1800s and covers the whole of the 1900s, counting thousands of items thanks mainly to the interest shown by Giulio Ricordi for this new artform. Photography had become an increasingly indispensable medium within an editor’s production system, as evidenced by Casa Ricordi’s early periodicals such as Musica e Musicisti and Ars et Labor. This section includes a list of the nearly 900 photographic studios that collaborated with Ricordi, including many of the national and international big names in photography.

The luthier Luigi Paganini with M°Archimede Montanelli and the little Balilla, photograph by Battista Canè, Forlì, early 1900s

On focus

Giuseppe Verdi davanti alla casa di Giulio Ricordi

Achille Ferrario

Giacomo Puccini

Attilio Badodi

Sarah Bernhardt nel ruolo di Tosca

Félix Nadar

Ottorino Respighi

Ghitta Carell

Ella Fitzgerald

Ugo Mulas

Daria Farini

London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company Ltd.

Description	Author	ID	Date
Ouvrier	Disderi	FOTO02384	1862
Ouvrier	Disderi	FOTO02385	1862
Ouvrier	Disderi	FOTO02386	1862
Serviteur	Disderi	FOTO02387	1862
Joueur de sistus accompagnant le Ballet	Disderi	FOTO02388	1862
Ballet	Disderi	FOTO02389	1862
Ballet	Disderi	FOTO02390	1862
Ballet	Disderi	FOTO02391	1862
Man portrait	Sorgato, Angelo	FOTO02344	1864
Giuseppe Fancelli in stage costume, Il Profeta by Meyerbeer	Fotografia del Parlamento Italiano	FOTO02862	1865