Musical Collection (page 62)

Music Chez LA Comtesse C
The harpist takes a break during a musical matinee at the aristocratic home of Madame la comtesse de Saint- Brisson

Trinity College Concert
A grand musical performance is given in the theatre of Trinity College, Dublin

Family Round Organ
A musical party round the Estey organ

Blackpool Rail Excurs
Flyer issued by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway announcing Excursion Trains to the Musical Festival at Blackpool, and Lytham St. Annes

Wagner / Blass / Tannhauser
RICHARD WAGNER German composer playing the big drum: his favourite exercise!

Mendelssohn / Rotary Music
FELIX MENDELSSOHN the German composer, with a quotation from his Rondo Capriccioso below

Mendelssohn / Friedrich
FELIX MENDELSSOHN as a young man, with a quotation from his Spring Song or Fruhlingslied

Blind Fortune Teller
A blind Chinese fortune-teller tells a client her future, with musical accompanimeent

Ponchielli / Ferrari
AMILCARE PONCHIELLI the Italian opera composer, best known for La Gioconda of 1876

Musical Ladies 1851
Skirt with 5 flounces, black lace jacket & broad floating ribbon ends descending from the waist. Green redingote: bow trim, undersleeves with reversed vandyked cuffs

Verdi & Boito at Piano
ARRIGO BOITO Italian composer and librettist, with Giuseppe Verdi, for whom he wrote two opera libretti Date: 1842 - 1918

Apollo Flays Marsyas
Lyre-player Apollo is challenged to a musical duel by flute-player Marsyas; when he wins (by a nasty trick) he flays his presumptuous rival alive

Wa Mozart & Constanze
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART the Austrian composer relaxing with his wife, Constanze

Children Sing in Church
Thirteen children sing in a church pew : they don t seem to be a formal choir, but they are all in their best clothes, and most are singing heartily

Children Piping C1890
A little shepherd boy teaches a girl to play a pipe in the meadow, to keep the lambs entertained

A Chorus of Singers
A male chorus, singing Handels oratorio Judith

The Estey Organ at Home
A musical party at home, to the accompaniment of an Estey Organ

Song Thrush (Morris)
SONG THRUSH (Turdus musicus) Morris names this the Nightingale thrush doubtless in tribute to its musical proficiency

Musical Cricket, Gnome
The musical performance of a cricket, standing on a mushroom and accompanying himself on the violin, is appreciated by a gnome standing on another

Dutch Musical Party
A Dutch musical party - singers and a fiddler

Eugeni Mravinsky
EUGENI MRAVINSKY Russian musical conductor

The Garden Trio
Dr Syntax as part of a string trio in the garden, with a potential brass player waiting for his opportunity on the right

Singers (Grandville)
A chorus of singers - but they are animals in human dress, as also the monkey conductor and the bovine accompanist

Elgar Gerontius Music
EDWARD ELGAR Elgar with a quotation from the musical score of his oratorio, The Dream of Gerontius

Ww1 / 1915 / Constantinople
A musical piece commemorates the SIEGE OF CONSTANTINOPLE, the hoped-for climax of the disastrous Dardanelles expedition : an event which never took place !

Egyptian Soiree 2000Bc
A musical soiree, with refreshments

Roman Sacrifice Food
A Roman woman gives offerings of food and drink to the gods, while her companions play a suitably musical accompaniment

E F Arbos (Photo)
E FERNANDEZ ARBOS Spanish musical composer

The Age of Discretion - a young girl holds an open book and rests her hand on a globe, while a musical score rests on the table beside her - evidently a studious miss

Gabrielle Ray (Actress)
GABRIELLE RAY Actress and singer in musical comedy : considered by some to be the most beautiful woman in the United Kingdom

Battle in Mid-Air
An intensely patriotic musical fantasia, depicting the approach of the German air fleet, the fight in mid-air, the defeat of the Germans and the return of the victors

Neals Music Hall / Messia
GEORGE FREDERIC HANDEL Neals Music Hall, Dublin, where his oratorio Messiah was first performed

9th Century Items
A still-life of various domestic items (including furniture, writing instruments and musical instruments)

Family at the Piano
A Swedish family round the piano - Mama sings a musical story to her seven children

First Musical Instrument
The First Musical Instrument

Wassailing at the Manor
Poor old man and musical friends beg WASSAIL-BOWL from Lord of the Manor

Music / Instruments C18
Musical instrument manufacturers at work

Greek Theatre / The Chorus
A member of the chorus with his lyre

Italy / Nobles 14C
A group of noble people in the countryside, with falcons, dog and musical instruments

Music making in an aristocratic home, with violin, cello, spinet and singer

Private dance party, India
A private dance party in India -- musicians and a dancer entertain a party of gentlemen

Religious service being held on a beach
An outdoor religious service being held on a beach, with accordion accompaniment for the singing, and the words displayed on an easel

Three musical automata, including a Japanese lady with a parasol, and a banjo player

Futuristic automatic orchestra
A futuristic automated orchestra -- musicians will become redundant, apart from the conductor who just has to turn a handle. At least the actors haven t been replaced... yet

A family at home, gathered round the piano
A family enjoying a cosy evening at home, gathered round the piano

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