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SPAIN. Miguel Bose. 07 / 03 / 2011SPAIN. Miguel Bose. 07/03/2011
Persian musiciansThree seated Persian musicians, playing a hand drum, what looks like a daf and a kamanche. A tonbak, or goblet drum, lies discarded on the ground. Date: 1870s
Advertisement for the Brinsmead grand pianoAn advertisement for the Brinsmead grand piano, the best that British craftsmanship can produce, with a pure singing tone and beauty of finish. Payment by instalments can be arranged... Date: 1913
The Dixieland Jazz Band, c. 1919 Date: c.1919
Horn, WurlitzerThree Mellophones or Concert Horns from the Wurlitzer range; the Professional, the Lyric, and the American. Available in various finishes
Trombone, WurlitzerThree trombones from the Wurlitzer range
Oboe, WurlitzerThe Oboe, originally known by its French name, Hautbois
Ukulele, WurlitzerA range of Ukuleles sold by the Wurlitzer company
Boys Band, Training Ship IndefatigableThe Boys Band of the Training Ship Indefatigable pose for their photograph in a field, near a tent -- probably at a local fete where they were performing
Adolphe SaxADOLPHE SAX French inventor of musical instruments
Dachshund and PianoA musical dachshund plays a tune on the piano
Verdi conducts AidaGiuseppe Verdi conducts his Aida at the Paris Opera, 1880
Harp with yellow flowers on a cutout greetings card. Date: circa 1890s
Banjo with pink flowers on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s
Hey Diddle DiddleIs the cow jumping over the moon as a result of the cats fiddling, or is the cat simply providing a musical accompaniment to the cows feat ? Difficult questions
Two golden harps on a cutout greetings card with a country scene. Date: circa 1890s
Sable Fern, music hall singer and dancerSable Fern, music hall singer, dancer and actor, seen here in Boer War uniform. late 19th century
The Pickwick Quadrille by Fred RevallinPromotional music sheet for The Pickwick Quadrille, by Fred Revallin, taken from Pickwick by James Albery which was first performed at the Lyceum Theatre on 23rd October 1871 with Henry Irving as
Retro poster, Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly CarteRetro poster for Gilbert & Sullivan, D Oyly Carte, character from HMS Pinafore. 1960s
London Trade Card - William Bull, Musical Instruments - trumpets, kettledrums, French horns, speaking trumpets, hearing horns for deaf people, powder flasks
Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - trumpeter. circa 1910s
Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - playing the piano. circa 1910s
Angel playing a lute, Melozzo da ForliMelozzo da Forli (1438-1494). Italian painter. Fresco depicting an Angel playing a lute. From the Church of the Twelve Holy Apostles. Pinacoteca Vaticana. Vatican City. Date: circa 1480
Interior of Golden Temple at Amritsar, 1858Interior of the Golden Temple at Amritsar, India (spelt here as Umritzir), 1858. Gurus reading the Grunt h (or Granth). The Guru is sitting before the Grunt h (sacred text)
Busby Berkeley montageA Busby Berkeley stage show montage featured in London Life magazine to coincide with a season of films at the National Film Theatre in 1965. Date: 1965
Chinese musical instrumentsA selection of Chinese musical instruments, including a bell(1), gong, (2), cymbals(4), a guqin or seven-stringed zither(7), a pipa or four-stringed lute (8), Yueqin or moon-shaped lute(11)
Comic postcard, Scotsman with whisky barrel bagpipes. Date: circa 1900s
Bluebell in Fairyland by Seymour Hicks and Ellaline TerrissFlyer for the revival of the musical Bluebell in Fairyland on 26th December 1927 at The Scala Theatre, by Seymour Hicks and Ellaline Terriss, with music by Walter Slaughter
Fred and Adele Astaire in Stop Flirting, London, 1924 Date: 1924
Choirbook number 3. Gregorian chant. 15th. century. CoronatiChoirbook number 3. Gregorian chant. 15th. century. Antiphonary By Master of Burgo de Osma. Parchment. Coronation of the Virgin surrounded by Saints and Bishops. Miniature. Letter U. Spain
Rose Marie by Otto Harbach and Oscar HammersteinPromotional postcard for Rose Marie by Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein; music Rudolf Friml & Herbert Stothart. First produced in England, at Drury Lane
Shirley Temple starring in Captain JanuaryShirley Temple (1926-2014) starring in Captain January (American musical comedy-drama film directed by David Butler), 1936 - 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation Production. Date: 1936
Funny Face by Fred Thomson & Paul Gerard SmithPromotional postcard for Funny Face by Fred Thomson and Paul Gerard Smith; lyrics Ira Gershwin; music George Gershwin which was first produced in the Princes Theatre on 8th November 1928
Kitten with a violin on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
London Life cover - On the Level - 1960s fashionsFront cover of London Life magazine showing three cast members from a new musical, On The Level (about a GCE scandal) which opened in London on 19 April 1966
Advertisement for Bechstein Hall, Brook Street, LondonAdvertisement for the Bechstein Hall, Brook Street, London, in a building containing a concert hall, practice rooms, offices and showroom, built in 1929 by Bechstein, the German piano manufacturers
SPAIN. David Bisbal. 18 / 06 / 2010SPAIN. David Bisbal. 18/06/2010
Blowing an Alpenhorn, SwitzerlandA 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
Musical AngelsMusical angels fly past
Man in the Iron Mask, playing the cello in prisonThere 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
Poster, Moody Manners Opera CompanyTheatre poster, Moody Manners Opera Company, from Covent Garden, London, touring to principal cities with productions including Carmen, Lohengrin and Faust
The Chickaleary Cove by Ernee Clark and W RaineThe 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
Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) African American singer & actress who settled in London in 1933. Popular star of British musical theatre, films, television & radio from the 1930s to the 1990s. Date: 1935
Record Sleeve, Pinky and Perky78rpm Record Sleeve, Pinky and Perky, the sensational TV singing stars. 1958
Dan Leno, music hall comedian, as Sister AnneDan 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
A New Hat Now! by James RolmazPromotional music sheet for A New Hat Now! by James Rolmaz, sung with the greatest possible success by J C Heffron, circa 1890
Paganinis violin by GuarneriusThree views of Paganinis violin by Joseph Guarnerius, 1743, in the Municipal Palace, Genoa, Italy. 1875
Design for Gilbert and Sullivan, A Dream of PatienceDesign by Alice Mary Havers for Gilbert and Sullivan, Savoy Operas, A Dream of Patience. circa 1880s