Musician Collection (#29)

Street music: Barrel organ in Paris
A rather surly looking musician plays a barrel organ on the streets of Paris. Date: 1740

Street music: A concertina player with monkey friend, c. 1890
A shabbily dressed but smiling boy plays a concertina in a park, with a monkey perched on his shoulder. Date: c. 1890

Street music: a ballad singer, 1865
A ragged ballad singer sings on a street corner. Ladies in crinolines hurry past him, but three ragged children show interest. Date: 1865

Famed American pianist Myrtle Elvyn Date: 1907

Street music: French fiddler and wife
A one legged beggar playing the fiddle in the street, while his wife plays the bones. Date: 17th century

Suri-sicuris Dance - La Paz, Bolivia
This dance originates from the Altiplano region of Bolivia and existed already before the arrival of the Spaniards. The dancers of Suri-sicuris (Aymara words suri (" ostrich")

Street music: A street singer, 1857
A passing child shows charity to an old street singer, placing money in his hat in appreciation for his music. Date: 1857

Street music: Unwelcome musician, c. 1835
A rotund servant bribes a noisy street musician with three pence to move on, as his playing is disturbing the master of the house

The Lute Player by Judith Leyster
A man playing a lute, 17th century. Date: 1939

Street music: a ballad singer
The ballad singer. " He is your only performer that requires not many entreaties for a song; for he will chant, without asking, to a street cur or a parish post."

Street music: A bird mimic, 1816
A street musician who mimics the notes of common English birds by means of a folded bit of tin, which is held between the teeth; but in order to engage the attention of the credulous

Street music: Accordian player in London
An old blind lady plays a hurdy-gurdy on the street, while an accompanying young woman holds out her begging bowl

Street music: James Wallace, town wait
James Wallace, the last of the town waites of Berwick, shown here holding his violin beneath his coat, and being guided by a small boy. Date: c. 1840s

VE Day street party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
To celebrate Victory in Europe Day, the children of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, were given a street party with food and cakes which had been in very short supply during the war years

Leoncavallo visiting Rowton House, London

Street music: accordion player, 1930s
A child playing a Puratone accordion in a sunny street, surrounded by admiring friends. 1930s

The Young Ones, rock and roll band, Walton, Essex
Three guitarists, a drummer and a vocalist who formed The Young Ones rock and roll band in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. 1963

Street music: St Cecilias Day street scene, 1837
A street scene showing the cacophony of noises to be heard on St Cecilas feast day, the patron saint of music, which falls in November

Indian blowing a trumpet made ​​of horn
South American Indian blowing a trumpet made ÔÇïÔÇïof horn Date: circa 1930s

Street music: orphan ballad singers
Orphan ballad singers perform in a street. An audience of children listen, whilst a woman seated on a bench looks thoughtful

Street music: Barrel organ in Amsterdam
A man plays a barrel organ on the streets of Amsterdam, accompanied by a singing lady

Russian dancer and Musician
Traditional Russian dancer with an accompanying Musician, playing an accordion, his face painted like a clown. Date: 1920s

Street music: a blind ballad singer, 1815
A blind chaunter of old ballads, shown here accompanying his voice by playing upon a cat gut string drawn over a tea canister, and tied at both ends with a mop stick. Date: 1815

German bard sings in medieval hall
A German bard plays his harp in a smokey medieval hall. Date: Medieval

Silhouette of Gustav Holst, composer
Silhouette of Gustav Holst (1874-1934), British composer, in evening dress. 1929

Duet for viol and flute - The siren of the stage
Two musicians decorate sheet music for flute and viol. The lyrics warn against the seductive charms of ladies with beautiful singing voices

Brass band
Amorosa, the sextet with their brass instruments, Landskrona 1910. Date: 1910

Prof. Joseph Joachim - Musician
Professor Joseph Joachim (1831-1907) - Influential Hungarian violinist, conductor and composer. Date: 1902

Satire on amateur musicians, 1799
A trio of unattractive but enthusiastic regency ladies make music together. Date: 1799

Village Scene, Romania - a group of countryfolk gather to listen to an itinerant musician, entertaining them with his fiddle. Date: circa 1900

Organist at the Royal Wedding
Mr Sydney Nicholson, organist at Westminster Abbey, who played a specially composed anthem for the royal wedding between Prince Albert, Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 26 April 1923

King David and his choir make music inside an illuminated letter C. Date: Early 15th century

Julian Clifford conducting at the Royal Hall, Harrogate
Silhouette of Julian Seymour Clifford (1877-1921), English conductor, composer and pianist, conducting an 8pm concert at the Royal Hall (or Kursaal), Harrogate, Yorkshire. 1919

Adenes le Roi, French troubadour
Adenes le Roi(c. 1240-c. 1300), French trouvere, performs to an audience of medieval ladies out of doors Date: 13th century

Chamber music
A group of chamber musicians rehearse around a piano in a domestic setting. Date: 18th century

Silhouette of conductor and musicians
Silhouette of a conductor and a musicians, probably on a bandstand. A tuba player can be seen on the left, a cello is leaning up in the middle, and a woman plays the cornet on the right

Silhouette of a 19th century dance
Silhouette of couples at a 19th century dance (Jane Austen period), with a trio of musicians in the background. 1818

French trouveur - 14th century musician
A French trouveur, after a drawing from the poems of Guillaume de Machaut. Date: 14th century

A medley of Edinburgh musicians

Napoleon and Josephine enjoy street musicians

The Music Party - after Titian
The Music Party. A teacher guides a boy singing from some sheet music. Date: 16th century

William Wostenholme, blind organist
Mr William Wostenholme (1865 - 1931), organist and composer. Totally blind from birth, who was a talented musician and studied at the College for Blind Sons of Gentlemen at Worcester

Street musicians 1910
Young backyard musicians, Landskrona, Sweden 1910. Date: 1910

Street music: hurdy gurdy player in Paris
Michel le Clerc, 18th century hurdy gurdy player, performing on the streets of Paris

Doorstep serenade: the merchants ward
A man serenades an unseen figure

Street music: hopeful organ grinder
An organ grinder looks up hopefully whilst plying his trade at the kerbside. Perhaps he is serenading someone in a upper window

Ukrainian Villagers - listening to music
Ukrainian Villagers - listening to the music of a Hurdy Gurdy player Date: circa 1910s

Italian Rustic Types - Southern Italy / Sicily Date: circa 1910

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