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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
Mathilde Sussin in stage costume	Spalke & Kluge	FOTO03123	1904
Fanny Liona	Schemboche, Michele	FOTO00555	1904
Filippo Ivaldi	Spirescu	FOTO00633	1904
Olga Moskova Hildebrandt in stage costume	Langfiér	FOTO00445	1905
Claudio P.Landi	Chadbourn	FOTO02755	1905
Luigi Vella	Malta Photographic Company	FOTO02974	1905
Gemma Bellincioni in the role of Salomé	Rey, Guido	FOTO02422	1906
Gemma Bellincioni in the role of Salomé	Rey, Guido	FOTO02423	1906
Gemma Bellincioni in the role of Salomé	Rey, Guido	FOTO02424	1906
Gemma Bellincioni in the role of Salomé	Rey, Guido	FOTO03313	1906