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Large German Military Brass Band in all its glory! Date: circa 1909
Jacks Back, Jack Hylton with his Band, EastbourneJacks Back, Jack Hylton with his Band, Winter Garden, Devonshire Park, Eastbourne. 20th century
Constant Lambert, musical director, Vic-Wells BalletConstant Lambert, musical director, The Vic-Wells Ballet Date: 1937
Clifton Industrial School BandUniformed boys with their instruments and conductor at the Clifton Industrial School, Bristol. Date: early 1900s
Cartoon, Song and Dance at the Savoy, Gilbert and SullivanCartoon, I wonder what they think of it? Song and Dance at the Savoy, Gilbert and Sullivan. Date: 1891
Julius HarrisonA portrait drawing of English composer and conductor, Julius Allan Greenway Harrison, 1885-1963. Known for his interpretation of operatic works, he also wrote books on music
Advert, Mazda light bulbs and lampsAdvert, Mazda Light Bulbs and Lamps, with circus clowns Date: 1952
Constant Lambert and Florence ShuterBritish composer and conductor Leonard Constant Lambert (1905-1951) with his fiancee Florence Shuter. Date: 1931
Leading musicians during the reign of King George VLeading classical musicians and composers during the first 25 years of the reign of King George V: Wood, Beecham, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Walford Davies. Date: 1935
Ettore Panizza, orchestral conductorSignor Ettore Panizza, orchestral conductor Date: 1910
Maurice Frigara, orchestral conductor Date: 1910
Hans Richter, orchestral conductorDr Hans Richter, orchestral conductor Date: 1910
Cleofonte Campanini, orchestral conductor Date: 1910
Photographs of opera personalities, within illustrated frame with fuchsias. Including, Mr Robert Radford; A very fine basso, who has long been popular on the concert platform
Music cover, Theme from Tchaikovsky ConcertoMusic cover, Bette Davis in The Great Lie, Theme from Tchaikovsky Concerto in Bb Minor, arranged as piano solo by King Palmer. Date: 1942
Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina VishnevskayaMstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007), renowned Russian cellist and conductor. Seen here with his wife, the Russian soprano Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (b 1926). The couple married in 1955
Sir Malcolm Sargent, English conductor and composerSir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent (1895-1967), English conductor, organist and composer. Seen here taking a bow from the podium at the end of a concert, a bunch of flowers in his hand
Georg Solti, renowned orchestral and operatic conductorSir Georg Solti (1912-1997), renowned Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor. Date: circa 1970s
Leopold Stokowski, orchestral conductorLeopold Anthony Stokowski (1882-1977), British-born naturalised American orchestral conductor. Seen here in later life, conducting from the podium. Date: circa 1960s
Mstislav Rostropovich, renowned Russian cellistMstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007), renowned Russian cellist and conductor. Seen here (centre) with the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (left) and the English composer Benjamin Britten (right)
Valentin Zhuk, Russian violinist, conductor and teacher. Seen here as a young man. Date: circa 1940s
David Wetzel, trades unionist in the transport industryDavid (Dave) Wetzel (b 1942), trades unionist (TGWU) with a background in London Transport and Transport for London, where he began his working life as a bus conductor, driver and inspector
The 20-seat Daimler bus for Doncaster, Edenthorpe, Hatfield and Thorne (new village). When Ernest Parish started running on a route between Doncaster and Armthorpe
Comic postcard, Conductor and band Date: 20th century
Waltzes from Vienna at the Alhambra, London, ballroom scene. Date: early 20th century
Comic postcard, Passenger on top deck of bus talks to conductor Date: 20th century
Victorian Greeting Card - The Cat OrchestraCats playing misical instruments whilst a conductor looks on. Date: circa 1890
Winifred Arthur and Vera Clarke, female conductorsWinifred Arthur and Vera Clarke, who were appearing at the Trocadero in 1924 conducting an orchestra of thirty men. Vera had been a ballroom dancing teacher while Winifred was a violin soloist
The Jazz Mistress at the London HippodromeSome pictorial jazz jottings from the Hippodrome. Sketches by Hynes of various performers in The Jazz Mistress, the 1925 revue at the London Hippodrome
Joseph Joachim (1831 - 1907), Hungarian musician. Date: 1894
Lightning conductors and fittings, elevation rods, roof saddles and points, from Verity Electrical Supplies, Aston, Birmingham. 1903
Maurice Frigara (1874-1959). Orchestral conductor, born in Lille, France Date: circa 1912
Hans Richter (1843-1916). Born in Raab, Hungary. Musical director and conductor of world renown. Date: circa 1912
Ettore Panizza (1875-1967). Born in Buenos Aires. Renowned pianist and orchestral conductor. Date: circa 1912
Cleofonte Campanini (1860-1919). A native of Parma, Italy. Orchestal conductor of worldwide renown, trained as a violinist. Date: circa 1912
Bus conductor collecting fares from queuers, September 1939London bus conductor collecting fares from passengers as they queue in the street in order to maximise efficiency. The reduction of bus services largely due to spirit rationing led to heavy queueing
Female bus conductor in full uniform stepping out of her bus on a snowy London street. circa 1916
Sir Thomas Beecham leaving the War Office 1939Photograph of famous conductor Sir Thomas Beecham as he leaves the War Office, after a discussion concerning entertainment provisions for soldiers, following the outbreak of war in September
Cartoon, Sir Julius Benedict, composer and conductorCartoon, Sir Julius Benedict, German-born composer and conductor - Let us hope he will be spared for many years yet. 1885
Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and conductorPietro Mascagni, Italian opera composer and conductor. 1893
C W Griggs MBE, Bandmaster, Borough of Worthing, SussexC W Griggs MBE, Bandmaster, Queens Own Cameron Highlanders, Parade Bandstand, Borough of Worthing, Sussex. Date: circa 1908
Music cover, Les Chats Quadrille, The Cats Quadrille for piano, composed by C Redler. 19th century
Berlin Opera House - viewed from the stage. 19th century
R A Lister Military Band, Roman Baths, Bath. Date: 1935
Avril Coleridge-Taylor. Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903-1998) British-born conductor & composer. Mixed race daughter of composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Steam tramway in Vauxhall, South London 1874Steam tram running between Vauxhall Station and Vauxhall Bridge, South London. Date: 1874
Female tram conductor, Chile, South America. Date: 1922
Music cover (front), Happy Families, music and jingles by John Tobin, cards designed by Myrrha Bantock