Musical Collection (page 56)

Military music - ancient instruments(2 of 8)
A Gaul plays the carnyx, whilst a village burns in the background

Fife player, 1598
A man playing the fife, viewed from behind

Music at home - singing, 1880s
Two ladies inspect something new-the sheet music to the latest song to sing together. Date: 1880s

Music at home - round the piano, c. 1835
A family group gather round the piano to sing and play. C.1835

Music at home, 17th century
Music at home: a lady plays the harpsichord whilst a gentleman sings. Another lady looks on, and is served by a page

Military musicians - fife and drum
A fife and drum player. Date: 1555

Music at home - a trio of musicians
Three ladies play musical instruments together ina domestic setting. Date: 1886

Music at home - harmony before matrimony
Harmony before matrimony, by James Gillray. A couple perform a duet de l amour in a Georgian interior, whilst two cats play on the sheet music on the floor. Date: 1805

Jazz band, 1919
A stylized black jazz band performs on stage. Date: 1919

Music at home - blending with conversation
A tactless hostess thanks an obliging German pianist for playing at her soiree-she especially likes his playing as it doesn t interrupt conversation! Date: 1874

Military music - 18th century musicians(7 of 8)
Musicians of the Imperial Guard-a drummer and a serpent player at the time of the First Empire. Date: early 19th century

Music at home, 1876
They struck up a part song of a wild, pathetic character, with a long drawn out refrain in a minor key." A group of senior people gather round the piano and sing a sad song. 1876

Music at home - domestic scene, 1880s
A family gather round the piano, whilst a man looks down on them from the stairs. Date: 1880s

Music at home - children at the piano
A girl plays the piano, while a boy and a girl listen. Date: 1889

A duet under difficulties, 1863
Emily:(sotto voce) My goodness, Edith, what shall I do? My nose itches so dreadfully, and we are coming to the most difficult part." Date: 1863

Music at home - young musicians practice
Two boys practice their cello and flute. The boy on the left is Bill Marriott, who became a flautist with Halle symphony orchestra. Practice makes perfect! Date: c.1908

Military music - Fife and Drum(4 of 8)
A fifer and a drummer from the time of Francis I of France

Music at home - Childrens Christmas Carol
A woman seated on a couch plays the guitar whilst two little girls sing Christmas carols from a music book. Some holly and mistletoe in a vase complete the festive scene. 1885

Military music - musicians of the republican guard(8 of 8)
Two musicians of the republican guard playing the clarinet and saxhorn. Date: 1889

Music at home - boring recital by child
Listeners stifle their yawns as a serious-looking child performs a dull or lengthy piece on the piano. Date: 1843

A morning at Mrs. Ingram s: a lady plays the piano, while a young man and woman sing. Date: 1889

Music at home, 1903
The Modern Husband by Dudley Hardy. 1903

Music at home - 17th century musical gathering
A trio of musicians sing and play together, whilst a fourth listens in at the door. A seated man plays the viol de gamba, while two others sing along. Date: Early 1600s

Military music - French Drummer(5 of 8)
A drummer from the reign of Louis XIV

Music at home - things best left unsaid
Tactless and painfully shy Captain Lovell refuses when implored to sing at a party, and in the process of refusing, accidently rubbishes the performance of his hostess. Date: 1886

Music at home - fashionable trio at the piano, 1883
Three fashionable ladies gather round the piano to sing and play, whilst modelling the latest fashions for November 1883. Ruffles, pleats and and bows are in abundance. Date: 1883

Military music - Knights horn(3 of 8)
A knight of the 12th century blows on a horn

Italian Pifferari, 1850
Roman piffarari perform by a wayside shine, 1850. Date: 1850

Arion of Methymna leaping into the sea
" He leapt into the sea" -- an illustration to the childrens story, Harry and Herodotus, or Tales of an Old Traveller

German street band, 1870
Out of time and out of place: a German band perform on Regent Street, London. Traffic whizzes past as two policemen close in... Date: 1870

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - Street Chinese Musicians Date: circa 1910s

A music evening at home, 1882. A cello, squeeze box and piano are in evidence. No one looks as if they are enjoying themselves. Date: 1882

Recreation - Music at home, 1881
A lady sits at the piano, and accompanies a singing man. 1881

Sensitive pianist weeps, 1877
Herr Pumpernickel, a sensitive German pianist, weeps after performing a composition of his own on the piano. His host and friends look on with concern. Date: 1877

Music in the home, 1887
An accomplished German man eclipses the other talent at an evening party, to the disgust of the watching Englishmen. " Young Muller(from Hamburg)

Music at home - a lady plays the piano
" Dulce let her fingers stray for a few moments aimlessly over the keys." Date: 1891

Fife and Drum, 1598
Two men play a fife and a drum. Date: 1599

Music at home - children at the piano, 1888
A boy plays the piano, while a girl sits to one side, possibly to offer advice as he plays. Date: 1888

German street band, 1857
A German street band in Paris, 1857. Date: 1857

Music at home - the blind fiddler
A blind fiddler performs for a poor family in their home

Italian Pifferari, 1875
Italian pifferari elicits a donation from some wealthy music lovers beneath an awning. 1875

Military music - ancient instruments(1 of 8)
Trumpets used by natives in warfare against the Romans

Music at home - ensemble of children conducted, c. 1870
Children play at being an orchestra-a girl conducts a quintet of children on various musical instruments. c. 1870

Burmese Harpist - Myanmar
Burmese Harpist, playing a traditional Burmese saung, also known as the saung-gauk, Burmese harp, or Burma harp. An arched harp used in traditional Burmese music

Performing seals at a circus, c. 1890
Talented performing seals of c. 1890 shown playing musical instruments, smoking pipes and even firing cannons! Date: c.1890

Piper watching fish leaping and dancing on the shore
" I want none of your leaping and dancing now" -- an illustration to the childrens story, Harry and Herodotus, or Tales of an Old Traveller

Kaiser Wilhelm II with soldiers just before WW1
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), German Emperor, taking part in a military exercise with soldiers just before the outbreak of the First World War. Date: June 1914

Military music - The bugle call
An old man sounds a bugle in the snow. 1871

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