Musicians Collection (page 18)

Military band with instruments in front of a tent
A military band, the Brecknockshire Battalion South Wales Borderers, together with their instruments, including six drums, posing for their photo in front of a tent

Military band at a country house, Crickhowell, Mid Wales
A military band in the grounds of a large country house in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales. Various civilians are walking around, enjoying the gardens and fountain

High jump, Haverfordwest Show, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
An athlete preparing for the high jump at the Haverfordwest Show, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. Two men stand at either end of the jump to check his performance

Soldiers march up High Street, Haverfordwest, South Wales
Soldiers marching up the High Street in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, watched by various townspeople, around the time of the outbreak of the First World War

Training Ship, Mount Edgcumbe Band, Saltash, Cornwall
The Mount Edgcumbe Industrial Training Ship for Homeless and Destitute Boys was established at Saltash in Cornwall in 1877

Savoyards - Swiss from Savoy. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Wandering Theatre Group of the 9th Army (German soldiers) during the Second World War leaving for the front. The 9th Army was activated on May 15, 1940 with General Johannes Blaskowitz in command

Mountain Guard at Buckingham Palace
Guard Mounting (or Changing of the Guard ) ceremony at Buckingham Palace - guards musicians playing their instruments in a circular formation inside the gates of the Palace

Musicians from Gaula, in Funchal, Madeira
Musicians belonging to a folklore group from Gaula, seen here in traditional dress performing on the street in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira

Traditional Indian band
Indian beat combo with diminutive lead singer

Orchestra members at a festival, Haimhausen, Bavaria, German
Members of an orchestra wearing historical uniforms during a rococo festival in Haimhausen, just north of Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Boys Band, Training Ship Empress, Helensburgh, Scotland
Members of the Boys Band posing on the deck of the Training Ship Empress, operated at Helensburgh (Dunbartonshire, Scotland) on the Clyde, by the Clyde Industrial Training Ship Association

PE and Band, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in an exercise drill, with the band behind them, on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Company & Band, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Ships company and band of the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall

France - Le Faouet - Breton Men playing bagpipes
France - Le Faouet - Morbihan Departement - Binious Breton Men playing a horn and bagpipes

Egypt - Marriage Procession Date: circa 1910s

Tunisia - Wrestler at Aissaoua
A Wrestler drawing a crowd at Aissaoua, Tunisia. The throng behind the wrestler includes musicians, some local dignitaries and a European in a bowler hat

Gambia - Bathurst - Mandingo Musicians
Gambia River - Bathurst - Mandingo Musicians playing with the Ballafong

Dancing at an Arabian Marriage - Algeria
Dancing at an Arab Wedding - Algeria

Group of Algerian Musicians
A group of Algerian musicians, seated outside their house, with a low round table holding a selection of food and drink

Plate Dancing Women, Morocco
The Dance of Shikhat - plate dancing women in Morocco

Street scene in Canakkale
Scene in Canakkale (Gallipoli) in the Dardanelles during the British occupation with street musicians and a group of children (being entertained by their music)

Group of Street Musicians - Turkey
Group of Turkish street musicians eat bread served off a drum. In Turkey the principle constituent of every meal is bread, with meat or fish serving only as the adjunct

Ottoman Empire - Dervish Musicians - including two ney players, a zither player and Koranic reader (seated on beautiful carpet). The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

Whirling Dervishes with instruments - Urfa
Whirling Dervishes with instruments, a sheikh, children and men in uniform at Urfa (Orfa), Turkey (formerly Edessa, Mesopotamia - the birthplace of Abraham)

Egypt - Group of Mevlevi Dervishes with ney players and drummer. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273)

Two ney-playing Dervishes practising
Two ney playing Dervishes practising, wearing Fez hats. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Group of Dervishes, including musicians playing zither and ney. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273)

Four Mevlevi Musicians
Four Mevlevi musicians including three Ney (wind instrument) players. The ney is featured on Egyptian pyramid wall paintings of 3000BC

Middle Eastern Dervish Group
Rifai Dervishes - a Dervish order founded by Shaykh Sayyid Ahmad ar-Rifai (1119-1182). Traditional Dervish order found with a marked prescence in Syria, Egypt, Kosovo and Albania

Performers at an amateur concert
Actors and musicians performing at an amateur concert in the 19th century

Band of the National Waifs Association (Dr Barnardo s)
A boys band of the National Waifs Association, otherwise known as Dr Barnardo s. The instruments include hand bells, bagpipes, mandolins, and a guitar

Holborn Schools Band, Mitcham, Surrey
Boys band at Holborn Schools, High Street, Mitcham - originally established in 1856 in the grounds of Eagle House. The Schools provided accommodation

Carnival in Barcelona
A carnival procession travels down the street with crowds gathering on their balconies to watch the musicians and entertainers go by

Amateur musicians at Missenden Abbey
Missenden Abbey, dating back to 1133, was founded in 1947 as a centre for adult education, offering Summer and Easter Schools, and weekend courses

Indian Dancing Girls in traditional pose or attitude. The two musicians to either side are playing the bowed stringed instrument known as a Sarangi

India - Indian Dancing Girl and Musicians
India - Indian Dancing Girl and two Musicians, one playing tabla drums and the other playing an unusual stringed instrument

Maratha Caste in India - Musicians
Individuals of the Maratha Caste in India singing Bhujan or religious hymns. There are a whole host of men, women, and children, some with instruments

The Birmingham Music Festival - The Great Music Hall
The Birmingham Musical Festival showing the Great Music Hall with Mendelssohn conducting " Elijah"

Egypt - Kettle Drum players riding on camels
Two kettle drum players - their drums mounted onto the flanks of camels. They are ceremonial players, providing music for traditional social or religious corteges, parades or processions

A large group of Musicians - Constantinople
The Choice Artists and musicians directed by the Amiable Band Leader Mr Lange, Constantinople

Senegal - West Africa - Tam Tam Malinke - Dancers
The Dance of the Riflemen at Tam Tam Malinke, Senegal

The Band That Blew Too Hard by Hynes
Humorous illustration showing a band in a club or restaurant blowing their brass instruments so hard, that diners and dancers find themselves struggling against a gale force wind - wigs are blown off

German troops with homemade instruments
Unit of German soldiers during the First World War, posing with their homemade instruments!

Japanese musicians
A small band of female musicians and dancers in Japan

On Board a Thames River Steamer, 1874
Engraving showing the passenger deck of a Thames River Steamer, with various passengers seated on benches and two musicians, playing the flute and harp

Emigrants sighting land, 1871
Engraving showing a scene on the deck of an emigrant ship, as the passengers sight land, 1871. In the foreground a lady is sewing and a family with very young children look anxiously towards land

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