Home Archives Michael Peto collection Michael Peto collection - music From the 1950s, Peto captured the emerging youth scene and their music as well as famous classical and jazz musicians. Scroll left Section menu Chevron pointing down Overview Collections Chevron pointing down Local history University NHS Tayside Special collections Oral history Photographs Teaching and research Projects and events Services People See more Scroll right On this page Chevron pointing down Music theme View all the themes under the Michael Peto collection. Gallery Thumbnail - The Beatles, 1965 Four smiling young men, two standing behind two sitting in front, with group of older men to the side watching and smiling Gallery Thumbnail - Top of the Pops, 1960s Group of young men and women, some on a raised dais, all dressed in 1960s clothes and dancing Gallery Thumbnail - Louis Armstrong, London 1956 Seated man in smart jacket, handkerchief in breast pocket, holding a trumpet to his lips Gallery Thumbnail - Ravi Shankar, 1963 Spotlighted seated man in shirt playing a sitar on a darkened stage Gallery Thumbnail - Yehudi Menuhin & David Oistrakh c 1962 Older man holding a violin bow looking slightly up. In the background people are playing instruments. Just behind him, is a man holding a baton and looking down Gallery Thumbnail - Tommy Steele, c1959 Young man with a loose quiff hairstyle, grey suit jacket and tie., seated with his arms folded in front of a curtain Gallery Thumbnail - Jiving, Trocadero, Elephant & Castle, 1956 Interior hall with a young man and young woman dancing. The woman has her back to the camera, her skirt swirling around Gallery Thumbnail - Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter, Benjamin Britten and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 1965 Middle-aged man in glasses seated at a piano, stencilled 'Steinway' on its side. Another man leans over by him, one arm stretched as if to turn over a music score. Another man stands at the other end of the piano. Gallery Thumbnail - Lena Horne, 1960s Woman in black dress, pearls and black turban, sits cupping something in her hands, smiling broadly Gallery Thumbnail - Zubin Mehta, 1962 Man in dark suit against dark background. Only his hands and face are clearly visible. His arms are raised, with one hand holding a baton Gallery Thumbnail - John Lennon and George Harrison, recording ‘Help!’, 1964 Interior room leading to a broad corridor, with two microphone stands in the foreground. On the right stands a young man in denim jacket , polo-neck and butcher cap, holding a sheet. Beside him stands an older man in glasses looking down and touching the bottom of the sheet. Behind him, looking at the camera, another young man in cord jacket and dark hair stands holding another sheet Gallery Thumbnail - Mstislav Rostropovich, London Symphony Orchestra, Festival Hall, London, 1963 A man in glasses is seated in front of other members of an orchestra. He looks upward to his right and is playing a cello with his bow Gallery Thumbnail - Donovan, 1966 Young man in denim jacket and polo-neck, standing playing his guitar. Behind him are two rows of seats, and lights arranged in three circles Gallery Thumbnail - Dizzy Gillespie, 1965 Dizzy Gillespie wearing glasses blows into a trumpet which has a mute and slide Gallery Thumbnail - Pablo Casals, 1964 Pablo Casals wearing cardigan, standing with a hand on his chest. Music stands and orchestra in front. Chairs and people behind. A person wearing jacket, shirt and tie. Gallery Thumbnail - Leopold Stokowski, 1963 Leopold Stokowski with white hair wearing a dark shirt. Hands held in the air conducting an unseen orchestra. Explore the Michael Peto collection Overview Occupations Politics Ballet Art and literature Everyday life Music Sport and leisure Film and theatre