Music Collection (page 18)

Quite Too Utterly Utter by Robert Coote
Promotional music sheet for Quite Utterly Utter, a New Aesthetic Roundelay by Robert Coote. Poking fun at the aesthetic movement, it shows a stylish young man with sunflowers

Thomas Rowlandson, The Honeymoon - When the old fool has drunk his wine, and gone to rest - I will be thine. circa 1816

Florence Mills sheet music cover - I m a Little Blackbird
Florence Mills sheet music cover (English edition) of I m a Little Blackbird. Florence Mills (1896-1927) singer and dancer who became a major star of vaudeville

Sir Edward Elgar, English composer
Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), English composer at the time of the performance of his oratorio The Dream of Gerontius at the Worcester Music Festival. 1905

Two musician dancers of Cambodia, South East Asia (then a French Protectorate). 1922

Angoni tribesman performer, Nyasaland, East Africa
Angoni (Ngoni) tribesman performer, Nyasaland, East Africa (then part of the British Empire, now Malawi). He is a musician, singer and dancer whose leggings rattle when he moves. Date: 1922

Ukrainian Cossack Wedding Party. circa 1898

Record cover sleeve, 78 rpm Columbia New Process Records - Inspiration, with an illustration by Bernard Partridge. early 20th century

Drawing the crucible 1840s
A Foundry man drawing a crucible from the ground. Date: 1840s

Gnawa musicians - ethnic group inhabiting Morocco and Algeria in the Maghreb. Gnawa music is characterized by instrumentation

Large German Military Brass Band in all its glory! Date: circa 1909

Scene from Tom Jones, comic opera by Edward German
Scene from Tom Jones, a comic opera by Edward German, based on the 18th century novel by Henry Fielding, with a libretto by Robert Courtneidge and Alexander Thompson, and lyrics by Charles Taylor

Teddy Tail, Duke of Yorks Theatre, London
Teddy Tail, a childrens fantastic musical play by Charles Folkard, music by Frederic Norton, based on the Teddy Tail comic strip in the Daily Mail newspaper, at the Duke of Yorks Theatre

Jumble Sale, revue, Vaudeville Theatre, London
Jumble Sale, a revue by John Hastings Turner, music by Philip Braham, at the Vaudeville Theatre, London. circa 1920

Jacks Back, Jack Hylton with his Band, Eastbourne
Jacks Back, Jack Hylton with his Band, Winter Garden, Devonshire Park, Eastbourne. 20th century

G H Elliott, singer of the song, Frys Chocolate Major
G H Elliott, music hall star and singer of the song Frys Chocolate Major, words by A J Mills, music by Bennett Scott

Opening of the Albert Palace in Battersea, London in 1885. Engravings show views of the palace from the lake, the band stand (kiosque)

Rio Nido Hotel, Sonoma County, California, USA
Rio Nido Hotel, Russian River, Sonoma County, California, USA, a famous music venue. Date: 1942

George Frideric Handel, German composer
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), German-British Baroque composer. Date: 18th century

Bedouin men in tent in Syrian desert, one plays a rababah
Two Bedouin men in tent in Syrian desert. Both sit on a carpet. One of them plays a rababah, or rebab, a goat skin string instrument Date: circa 1995

Busker plays an accordian on Ha penny Bridge, Dublin
A mature man sits on Ha penny Bridge over the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. He plays an accordian. He smiles as he plays while, in the distance, people walk over the cast iron footbridge

Arab flute player, Jordan
Arab flute player makes music during a horse race in the desert near Petra, Jordan. He wears a dagger - Janbiya - on his leather belt Date: circa 1995

Lawrence Mervil Tibbett - American Opera Singer
Lawrence Mervil Tibbett (1896-1960) - American Opera Singer. Sang leading roles with the metropolitan Opera in New York - more than 600 times between 1923 and 1950! Date: circa 1930s

Hymn to which the Titanic sunk and photo of the liner
Hymn to which the Titanic sunk ( Nearer, My God, To Thee ) and picture of the liner. Date: 1912

Peggy Piano Desmond - BBC Queen of the Ivories
Peggy Piano Desmond (1913-1977) - The BBCs Queen of the Ivories Date: circa 1943

Ferencz Hegedus - Hungarian Violinist
Ferencz Hegedus (1881-1944) - Hungarian Violinist. Date: circa 1910s

Pop Superstar Prince performing live on stage - Parade Tour
Pop Superstar Prince (1958-2016) performing live on stage at Wembley Arena, London England in August 1986 during The Parade Tour (also called the Under the Cherry Moon Tour)

WW1 - The Band of a Prussian Infantry Regiment - note the universal wearing of the traditional Pickelhaube (or Pickelhelm) helmets. Date: circa 1916

Julie Ring music hall dancer. In dancing pose holding skirt to reveal petticoats. Black stockings and strap shoes with Cuban heel. Date: circa 1902

Marie Lloyd music hall singer and comedienne 1870-1922
Marie Lloyd (Matilda Alice Wood) music hall singer and comedienne with a reputation for sauciness. In suggestive pose, hands on hips and showing petticoats

Miss Arizona tomahawk juggler
Miss Arizona of the music hall act The 3 Arizonas, tomahawk jugglers. Also juggled knives and flaming torches. Wearing Wild West costume with fringed trousers, knotted scarf

Fanny Fields music hall comedienne 1881-1961
?Happy? Fanny Fields music hall comedienne dressed in character as naive Gretchen in Dutch costume. Clog dancing part of the act. Date: circa 1905

Dorothy Ward music hall and musical comedy star 1890-1987
Dorothy Ward billed on the music halls as the ?Queen of Musical Comedy?. Pantomime principal boy. Holding out the skirt of an elaborately fringed dress. Hat with long tassel and feathers

Sisters Earle music hall duettists and dancers
The Sisters Earle (Florrie and Harriet Warsaw) music hall duettists and simultaneous dancers. In Australia 1901 and moved to England by 1911

Maggie Clifton music hall gymnast and equilibrist. Originally a member of The 5 Cliftons from Belgium. Demonstrated head and hand balancing techniques. Date: circa 1913

Nelly Power music hall singer 1854-1887
Nelly (Nellie) Power music hall singer, burlesque actress and early male impersonator. On the back of the photograph is printed ?Saturday Programme Supplement February 5th 1876?. Date: 1876

Dot Stephens music hall vocalist and dancer
Dot Stephens vocalist and dancer. Here dressed as ?Mother?s Sailor Boy?. Travelling between halls, she stepped out of the wrong side of the train and had both feet amputated

Gertie Rex music hall male impersonator
Gertie Rex male impersonator billed as Scotland?s greatest comedienne. In character as a Scottish soldier with kilt and sporran. Signed card. Date: circa 1916

Bessie Wentworth music hall male impersonator 1873-1901
Bessie Wentworth (Elizabeth Mary Andrews) male impersonator and ?coon singer? of plantation songs - a genre which would be unacceptable today. Here wearing a naval uniform and holding a cigarette

George Lashwood music hall singer 1863-1942
George Lashwood, a singer, known as the ?Brummel of the Halls?. Admired by male impersonator Hetty (Hettie) King who copied his style of dress in some of her outfits. Date: circa 1900

The Imperial Sports Club and Palace of Music, The Franco-British Exhibition at White City, London, in 1908

Imperial Sports Club and Palace of Music, Franco British White City Exhibition in London in 1908

An advertising magic lantern slide of Marie Lloyd, Victorian period

Playing the piano in an Edwardian parlour - early 1900s

Ellen Terry Victorian period

Ellen Terry

Harry Tate and his MMC veteran car, early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

RMS Titanic table on which composer Archibald Joyce wrote
RMS TITANIC, an important piece of musical and Titanic history, a late 19th/early 20th century oak barley twist gate leg table where composer and English Waltz King Archibald Joyce (1873-1963)

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