Famous Musicians of 1909: (top row left) Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941), Polish pianist, composer, politician (and spokesman for Polish independence), (top row centre) Wilhelm Backhaus (1884-1969) - German pianist and pedagogue, (top row right) Mark Hambourg (1879-1960) - a Russian-British concert pianist, (centre row left) Mischa Elman (1891-1967) - Jewish violinist, (centre row centre) Marie Hall (1884-1967) - English violinist, (centre right) Eugene Ysaye (1858-1931) - Belgian violinist composer and conductor, (bottom row left) Sir Edward Elgar, 1st Baronet (1857-1934) - English composer, (bottom row centre) Jan Kubelik (1880-1940) - Czech violinist and composer and (bottom row right) Dr Hans Richter (1843-1916) - Austrian-Hungarian orchestral and operatic Conductor.