Music Collection (page 10)

Cavalier King Charles spaniel at the piano
Unusual Friends - Cavalier King Charles spaniel at the piano. 1950s

Choirbook number 7. Gregorian chant. 15th. century. The Visi
Choirbook number 7. Gregorian chant. 15th. century. Antiphonary By Master of Burgo de Osma. Parchment. The Visitation of Mary to her cousin Elizabeth. Drop cap D. Miniature. Spain

United States. New York. Central Park. Strawberry Fields. Me
United States. New York. Central Park. Strawberry Fields, dedicated to the memory of the musician John Lennon. Memorial mosaic. Imagine. Detail

Scottish Types - Scottish Dancing, Clan Gordon. 19th century

Music cover, Pas de Quatre, Faust Up To Date
Music cover, Pas de Quatre, invented and arranged by John d Auban from Faust Up To Date, a burlesque parody of Gounods opera Faust, performed at The Gaiety Theatre, London, composed by Meyer Lutz

Music cover, Apple Blossom Time
Music cover, I ll be with you in Apple Blossom Time, sung by The Andrews Sisters in the Universal Picture, Rookies. 1941

Ch Parry / Hodgson / Cassell
CHARLES HUBERT PARRY English composer and director of the Royal College of Music Date: 1848 - 1918

George Leyton
Promotional postcard for George Leyton. George Leyton was a well-known music hall singer, whose speciality was patriotic and military songs

Dan Leno
Promotional postcard for Dan Leno(1860-1904) " The Kings Jester" One of Alick P. Ritchies series of music hall performers

Musicians in the snow on a Christmas card, about to have something poured on them from a jug. circa 1890s

Animals and birds singing round a piano on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Jenny Golder at the Cigale and Harry Pilcer with Rahna at th
Jenny Golder at the Cigale Theatre and Harry Pilcer with Rahna at the Palace Theatre, Paris, 1923 Date: 1923

Twelfth Night, Act II Scene iv, by William Heath Robinson
Scene from the Shakespeare comedy, Twelfth Night, Act II Scene iv, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Showing a banquet at Orsinos house, with the clown Feste singing a sad love song

Ella Shields, WW1 entertainment
Ella Shields (1879-1952) music hall entertainer and male impersonator, most famous as Burlington Bertie from Bow dressed up as both a soldier and a sailor during the First World War. Date: 1917

Peter Pears, Emanuel Hurwitz violin and chorus
Peter Pears rehearsing the title role in Brittens Saint Nicolas at Orford Church, 23 June 1963. The Aldeburgh Festival Choir and the choir pf Ipswich High School for Girls fills the background

Heather Harper, Janet Baker, Peter Pears and Hervey Alan
Heather Harper (Left), Janet Baker, Peter Pears and Bryan Drake rehearsing Schumann in the Jubilee Hall, for the concert in Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall on 21 June 1963, entitled Pot Pourri

Adrian Beers playing Double Bass
Adrian Beers, double bass with ECO, during Noyes Fludde rehearsal at Orford Church, Aldeburgh Festival 1961 Date: 1961

Michael Chapman, folk and rock performer

Guides and Scouts at Baden Powell House, London
Girl Guides and Boy Scouts relaxing at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Whirling dervishes, Turkey. Date: circa 1870

Scene from the opera, Madame Butterfly, by Giacomo Puccini: Cio Cio Sans uncle, the Bonze, interrupts her marriage ceremony to Lieutenant Colonel F. B

Scene from the opera, Aida, by Giuseppe Verdi Date: c.1910

Pro Arte Orchestra
The leading Double Bass section of the Pro Arte Orchestra, peforming at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Date: 1969

The Joy Ride Lady by Arthur Anderson & Hartley Carrick
Promotional postcard for The Joy Ride Lady adapted by Arthur Anderson and Hartley Carrick from Das Autoliebchen by Jean Kren (Thalia-Theater, Berlin, 16th March 1912); music Jean Gilbert

Japanese Geisha playing a Traditional Shamisen
Japanese Geisha in her home playing a Traditional Shamisen Date: circa 1904

Marie Hall - Violinist
Marie Hall (1884-1956) - Violinist and pupil of Edward Elgar - gave the 1st performance of Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending in 1920 Date: 1907

The Athenaeum, Fortis Green Road, Muswell Hill, London. Date: 1910

Wayang puppet theatre and Gamelan Orchestra - Java
Wayang - Javanese puppet theatre (sometimes the puppet itself is referred to as wayang). Performances of shadow puppet theatre are accompanied by a gamelan orchestra in Java (now Indonesia)

Dan Godfreys Band at Bournemouth, Dorset
Sir Dan Godfrey (1868-1939) and his Orchestra at Bournemouth, Dorset. Godfrey and the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra made several gramophone records for HMV from 1914 to 1930. Date: circa 1910

Hurdy-Gurdy Man - France Date: circa 1910s

Sir Henry Joseph Wood - English Conductor
Sir Henry Joseph Wood (1869 - 1944) - English conductor and composer, associated with the Promenade Concerts (Proms). 1926

Balloon event, Green and Cocking

Federal WPA. Theatre Yiddish Unit presents The tailor becomes a storekeeper A comedy by David Pinski with music. Poster for Federal Theatre Yiddish Unit presentation of The Tailor Becomes a

Silhouette of Edgar Dowells Dance Orchestra
Silhouette of Edgar Dowell and his orchestra, popular in both the UK and US during the 1920s. Date: c.1925

Pantomime artist Will Evans with his children
Will Evans (1866 -1931) was an eccentric comedian who performed in pantomime from a young age, and appeared on the music halls in the 1890s

Street music: a family of singers
A pathetic scene: an impoverished family of street singers, shoeless and ragged, singing in the rain. Date: 1870

Album no3 L Art et le Nu au Music Hall, Paris, 1925 1925

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall interior, 1849
The interior of the then-new Liverpool Philharmonic Concert Hall, at the time of the Liverpool Music Festival, 1849. The building was eventually replaced in 1939 after its predecessor burnt down in

Medieval frolics: wine, women and song
An alfresco medieval social gathering, with mixed bathing and music making. Date: c.1430

Dog Playing a Trumpet
A dog playing a trumpet, reading sheet music from a stand! Date: early 1930s

Sri Lanka - Basket Trick - Jugglers
Sri Lanka - Basket Trick - Conjurers (called jugglers on the card) place a woman inside a large wicker basket from whence she would (I imagine) disappear, much to everyones surprise! Date: circa 1907

Lyrics by Anne Boleyn
Words by Anne Boleyn entitled O Death Rock Me On Sleep accompanied by an illustratio of the ill-fated Queen looking rather tragic. Date: 1934

Music at home - little girl at the piano
Elizabeth Jane, daughter of Sir William and Lady Maria Somerville, plays the piano on tiptoe. Date: 1866

Tosca advertisement
The illustration features a light and airy ballroom filled with balloons and dancers in costume, including, centrally, a Pierrot

Big Ben with scaffolding, Palace of Westminster, London, and the musical notes of the chimes given below (in E Major). The scaffolding was erected in 1933 to enable renovation work to the clock

Jenny Golder in Palace Aux Nues, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1927 Date: 1927

1920S Jazz Band
Experienced players in a West End (of London) workshop, who daily repair instruments belonging to famous bandsmen, have formed a band, thoroughly testing all the instruments! Date: 1920s

Clarinet, 19th Century
CLARINET - showing open & closed holes and keys, with cross-section of the mouthpiece Date: late 19th century

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