Conductor Collection (page 3)

Music cover (back), Happy Families, music and jingles by John Tobin, cards designed by Myrrha Bantock

Cats playing musical instruments on a Christmas postcard -- Merry Musicians, The Nursery Series. Date: circa 1890s

Kittens singing on a French birthday postcard, with a kitten conductor and a basket of flowers. Date: circa 1890s

Jean Philip Sousa. 1854-1932. American composer and conductor, especially military and patriotic marches. Illustration from Womans Home Companion August 1923. Artist anon. Date: 1923

Arthur Willard Pryor. Conductor of military band. Illustration from the Ladies Home Journal August 1922. Artist anon. Date: 1922

Conductors and guest artists, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
The conductors and guest artists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. From 1 to 18 they are: Ferruccio Busoni, Teresa Carreno, Josef Rebicek, Siegfried Ochs, Marcella Sembrich, Pablo de Sarasate

Johann Strauss conducting an orchestra. circa 1898

Caricature, Polly Solomon -- Edward Solomon, English conductor, composer, orchestrator and pianist. 1884

Cartoon, Passengers on a London bus, WW1
Cartoon, Nervous Young Officer to Bus Conductor, First Single to Oxford Circus (The authorities have recommended that officers should travel first class)

Carriage steam-powered road vehicle
French steam-powered road vehicle, powered by a steam engine at the front using no rails. Date: 1870s

The Catch of the Season - Asquith & the Vote, 1917
Prime Minister Herbert Asquith shown being helped aboard a bus with the help of a female conductor during the First World War

Memorial to Austrian Songwriter and Conductor Robert Stolz (1880-1975) next to the Johann Strauss Monument in the City Park (Stadtpark) in Vienna (Wien), Austria

Comic Postcard - A Windy problem
Comic Postcard - " I m afraid you ll be troubed with wind outside, Lady!" " Well, you be thankful you re not troubled with it inside, thats all!" circa 1930s

Little Lady Hops Aboard Date: 1948

Purrey steam tram in Paris, France 1903
Purrey steam tram in Paris, France, calling at Vincennes and the Louvre. Date: 1903

Omnibus conductor 1900
Conductor standing at the back of the horse-drawn tram. Date: 1900

UNEMPLOYED SING 1930S
A group of unemployed men & women gather to sing in a scheme run by a charity group in Westminster Date: 1930s

Singers (Grandville)
A chorus of singers - but they are animals in human dress, as also the monkey conductor and the bovine accompanist... Date: 1828

SIR HENRY JOSEPH WOOD (1869 - 1944), English conductor and composer, associated with Promenade Concerts Date: 1907

SIEGFRIED WAGNER / TOSCANI
SIEGFRIED WAGNER Son of Richard Wagner, director of Bayreuth - seen here with ARTURO TOSCANINI (left), Italian conductor Date: 1869 - 1930

LEVI / HERMANN / BAYREUTH
HERMANN LEVI German conductor with Dr Hans RICHTER and Felix MOTTL. The figure just out of shot is Cosima Wagner. Date: 1839 - 1900

ALFRED CORTOT / LUSCHER
ALFRED CORTOT Swiss-born pianist and conductor. Date: 1877 - 1962

Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scottish musician
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie (1847-1935), Scottish composer, conductor, violinist and music teacher. He wrote oratorios, violin and piano pieces, Scottish folk music, and works for the theatre

Harry Yould and his Blackpool Banjoliers Banjo Orchestra. His wife is shown here playing the piano! Date: circa 1950s

Banking Expressions Illustrated - A Good Balance. The reverse message for this card rather wonderfully reads: " What Ho!" Date: 1904

Music cover, In the Mood, Glenn Miller
Music cover, In the Mood, The Jitterbug Craze, words by Andy Razaf, music by Joe Garland. Performed by Glenn Miller and his orchestra. 1939

Cutout Christmas card with carol singing cats
Cutout Christmas card with six carol singing cats. Date: circa 1890s

Belgium - In The White Horse, Blankenberge (In T Witte Paard) - Brasserie / Concert Hall. The band in full swing. Date: circa 1920s

Avril Coleridge-Taylor. Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903-1998) British-born conductor & composer. Mixed race daughter of composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Monkey and cat duet on a Christmas card, with an orchestra of monkey musicians. Date: circa 1890s

Sandor Vegh, Hungarian-French violinist and conductor
Sandor Vegh (1912-1997), Hungarian (later French) violinist and conductor. Seen here taking part in an International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove, Cornwall (which he founded in 1972)

Famous Musicians of 1909, including Paderewski and Elgar
Famous Musicians of 1909: (top row left) Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941), Polish pianist, composer, politician (and spokesman for Polish independence)

A Night at Covent Garden by Matania
German opera draws London society to Covent Garden - a scene during the performance of Strausss Elektra at the Royal Opera House

Four frogs playing and singing on a greetings postcard
Four frogs playing the violin, conducting and singing on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1890s

SE&CR (South Eastern & Chatham Railway) - Hastings Express
SE&CR (South Eastern & Chatham Railway) - The Hastings Express on the platform at London Brdge Station. Date: 1905

Caricature of Anton Rubinstein, composer and pianist
Caricature of Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein (1829-1894), Russian composer, pianist and conductor. Nicknamed Il Demonio (The Demon), after his most popular opera. 1881

Women police officers singing in choir, Met Police, London
Women police officers singing in the first womens choir, Met Police, London. The conductor is Sybil Hill. Date: circa 1948

14th Marquess Winchester
Captain Matthew WEBB, who on 24 August 1875 was the first person to swim the English Channel Date: 1848 - 1883

Glasgow to Oban bus, with crew and passengers
A Glasgow to Oban bus, with crew and passengers, on a country road somewhere in Scotland. Date: 1929

Felix Josef Mottl
FELIX JOSEF MOTTL German musician : as a conductor, he introduced Wagners Tristan to Britain. Date: 1856 - 1911

Hullah and his pupils, 1842
John Pyke Hullah (1812 -1884), English composer and teacher of music, with his pupils at the second great choral meeting at Exeter Hall in 1842

Jack Hylton and his band
Jack Hylton (1892 - 1965), British musician, band leader and later Director of Dance Music for the BBC seen with his dance orchestra shortly after they began playing at the Piccadilly Hotel in London

Frogs as Humans (2 of 5)
Frogs sing Love in May

Blase by Webster Murray
A line of insouciant chorus girls doing high-kicks as the orchestra plays in the pit below. Date: 1929

Bus conductor and his wife in Bognor Regis, West Sussex
Bus conductor and his wife strolling along the seafront at Bognor Regis, West Sussex Date: 1935

Sir Alexander Mackenzie, principal of Royal Academy of Music
Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie KCVO (22 August 1847 28 April 1935) Scottish composer, conductor and teacher best known for his oratorios, violin and piano pieces

Rudolf Barshai conducting Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Rudolf Borisovich Barshai (1924-2010), Russian musician, conducting the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. He was their Principal Conductor from 1982 until 1988. Date: circa 1980s

Dr. Malcolm Sargent by Autori
Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent (1895-1967), English conductor, organist and composer captured here in caricature by Autori for The Tatler magazine. 1929

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping