Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Robert Spencer; Julian Bream NPG x127334

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by John Gay

Classical guitarist and lutenist; Bream made his debut in London in 1950. His mastery of the classical guitar and renaissance lute did much to revive interest in the instruments. After completing his national service he began to give recitals of Elizabethan music with Pears, and Britten wrote several pieces of music specifically with Bream in mind. These included: Songs from the Chinese, for tenor and guitar (1957), with words from Arthur Waley's collection of translations, and Nocturnal after John Dowland (1963), one... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.