Music Collection (page 8)

Charles Morton
CHARLES MORTON Theatrical impresario, known as The Father of the Halls from his association with the Canterbury, Oxford, Alhambra and the Palace music halls. Date: 1819 - 1904

Glenfinnan Church Bell
Church bell in the grounds of Glenfinnan Church, Inverness- shire, Scotland. It was originally intended for the church tower, but it proved to be too heavy! Date: 1930s

Bali Dancing Girls
Lovely young women of Bali, Indonesia, performing the Kebyar, a purely demonstrative dance, in which they interpret the mood of music played by a gamelan orchestra. Date: 1930s

Nude model on a break plays a piano
The Model rests A nude model takes a break from posing for an artist and plays a little ditty on the Baby Grand Piano just off his studio. Date: circa 1914

Blowing an Alpenhorn, Switzerland
A Swiss alphorn (alpenhorn, alpine horn or labrophone) player. The instrument consists of a natural wooden horn with a cup-shaped mouthpiece is used by mountain dwellers in Switzerland

The Rocky Twins with top hat and canes, late 1920s Date: late 1920s

The Rocky Twins dressed as sailors, late 1920s late 1920

Programme cover for Theatre de la Scala, Paris, early 1920s. Artwork by Marcelle de St Martin. Date: 1920s

Costume design for the Dolly Sisters
Costume design for a green outfit by Jean Le Seyeux for the Dolly Sisters in A vol d oiseau, Edouard VII Theatre, Paris, 1923 1923

Portrait of the Dolly Sisters, Paris
The Dolly Sisters in Paris En Fleurs, Casino de Paris, Paris, 1925. Photograph by R. Sobol. 1925

Shoreditch Cottage Homes, Hornchurch, Essex
Boys in surplices leaving the chapel at the Shoreditch Union cottage homes, Hornchurch, Essex. Opened in 1889 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Playing a piano amid the destruction - The Blitz
One of the men working on debris clearance in London succeeded in wresting a tune from this battered piano - circa late 1940

Brass Band 1910
A brass band (military or Salvation Army) playing at a childrens day, Knebworth House

Strauss / Elektra / Bischoff
Johannes Bischoff as Orestes

CARMEN LIEBIG
Scenes from the opera, based on a story by Prosper Merimee

Offenbach Hoffmann
(The Tales of Hoffmann) The closing scene of the Venetian episode : Hoffmann watches as Guilietta goes off with another lover

Man in the Iron Mask, playing the cello in prison
There are conflicting theories as to who this man was. One is that he was Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli (Matthioli or Marchioly, 1640-1703), an Italian diplomat, arrested as Eustache Dauger in 1669

What now for the Beatle-maker? Brian Epstein - English music entrepreneur who managed The Beatles from 1962 until his death in 1967. Date: 1966

The Poor Washerwoman - Henri Clark - Music Sheet
The Poor Washerwoman - sung with typhoons of applause by Henri Clark - Music Sheet, written by Walter Hadtings and composed by W. T. Webb

Euterpe, muse of music and lyric poetry, holding a flute. Found in the Tiburtino area of Rome near the Villa d Este. Copperplate engraving by Gio. Perini after an illustration by A

Poster, Moody Manners Opera Company
Theatre poster, Moody Manners Opera Company, from Covent Garden, London, touring to principal cities with productions including Carmen, Lohengrin and Faust

Winifred Atwell music sheet for Black and White Rag. Winifred Atwell (1914-1983) Trinidadian pianist and entertainer who made a big impact in Britain in the 1950s. Date: 1950s

The Chickaleary Cove by Ernee Clark and W Raine
The Chickaleary Cove music hall song of circa 1864 by Ernee Clark and W Raine, sung by The Great Vance (Alfred Vance), a hugely popular music hall singer

Record Sleeve, Pinky and Perky
78rpm Record Sleeve, Pinky and Perky, the sensational TV singing stars. 1958

Dan Leno, music hall comedian, as Sister Anne
Dan Leno (George Wild Galvin), music hall comedian and musical theatre actor, as Sister Anne in a pantomime entitled Bluebeard, at Drury Lane Theatre, London. Date: circa 1901

The Dolly Sisters in Paris en Fleurs, Casino de Paris, Paris, 1925 Date: 1925

A New Hat Now! by James Rolmaz
Promotional music sheet for A New Hat Now! by James Rolmaz, sung with the greatest possible success by J C Heffron, circa 1890

Paris Cabarets, Ciel and Enfer (Heaven and Hell)
The cabarets of Heaven and Hell (Le Ciel et LEnfer) in the Boulevard de Clichy, Montmartre, Paris. Date: circa 1905

Marie Lloyd - Oh Mr Porter
MARIE LLOYD Music hall entertainer singing Oh! Mr Porter Date: 1870 - 1922

The Immortal Hour, by Rutland Boughton, Birmingham
The Immortal Hour, music drama by Rutland Boughton from the play by Fiona MacLeod, produced by Barry V Jackson, at the Repertory Theatre, Station Street, Birmingham. circa 1921

The Rocky Twins from the Casino de Paris, late 1920s
The Rocky Twins in smart dinner suits from the Casino de Paris, late 1920s 1920s

The Folly Theatre, Peter Street, Manchester
Promotional postcard showing a playbill of the acts playing at the Folly Theatre of Varieties, (known as the Folly) Peter Street, Manchester for the week commencing Monday, 24th March 1889

The Aldershot Tattoo - The Grand Finale! Date: 1939

Olympia Theatre, Paris, France Date: 1906

Portrait of the American dancer Nina Payne in Paris, 1922
Portrait of the eceentic American dancer Nina Payne in Paris, 1922 - she was one of the stars in the Folies Bergere show Date: 1922

Instruction sheet, How to Dance the Jitterbug, by Adele England of the Locarno School of Dancing, Streatham, SW London. 1939

Production of Gounods Faust by Carl Rosa Opera Company
Characters from Charles Gounods opera Faust in a touring production by the Carl Rosa Opera Company. Seen here are Charles Manners as Bertram, the Irish tenor Barton McGuckin as Faust

Music cover, Papa Loves Mambo, Perry Como
Music cover, Papa Loves Mambo, by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning and Bix Reichner, recorded by Perry Como, from an MGM film starring Lana Turner and Ricardo Montalban. 1954

Paganinis violin by Guarnerius
Three views of Paganinis violin by Joseph Guarnerius, 1743, in the Municipal Palace, Genoa, Italy. 1875

Design for Gilbert and Sullivan, A Dream of Patience
Design by Alice Mary Havers for Gilbert and Sullivan, Savoy Operas, A Dream of Patience. circa 1880s

Teddy bears in a classroom having a music lesson. They sing at their desks while their teacher plays the violin. Date: circa 1900s

King David. Drawing for the rose window of the Cathedral of Leon. 14th century. Paper, gouache. Leon Cathedral Chapter. Castile and Leon. Spain

Italy. Milan. La Scala by night. Opera house. Inagurated in 1778. Built by Giuseppe Piermarini (1734-1808)

Mosaic of Orpheus. Miletus. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany
Mosaic of Orpheus. 200 AD. Of a private room, dining room or triclinium of a roman domus. From Miletus. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
BRAHMS, Johannes (Hamburgo, 1833-Viena, 1897). German composer. Colored engraving

Music cover, The Teddy Bears Frolic by Theo Bonheur. circa 1920s

Music cover, Ta-Ra-Ra Boom-De-Ay Polka, arranged by Josef Meissler on Lottie Collins popular song. 1892

Caricature of Cora Cardigan, flautist
Caricature of Cora Cardigan (Hannah Rosetta Dinah Moulton, 1860-1931), virtuoso flautist who worked mainly in theatres and music halls. She also played the violin. 1883

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