Musicians Collection (page 4)

Descent into the Hallein Salt Mine, Austria, 18th century. Visitors sliding down wooden rails holding torches. Also known as the Salzbergwerk Dürrnberg, near Salzburg

Figures of the dead from Etruscan furereal urns. A man lies on his side in a white tunic and toga, crowned with a garland. From the lid of an urn found near Chiasi in 1721

The Etruscan god Faunus (Pan in Roman mythology). From a fragment of an ancient sculpture. Fauno Dio Etrusco. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Warrior riding a quadriga in an Etruscan triumphal parade
Etruscan major triumphal parade. A warrior in a quadriga four-horse chariot with shield-bearer, led by musicians, trumpeters, lyre and tibia. Trionfo maggiore. From an alabaster grave stone

Etruscan grave effigy of a dead man wearing a triumphal
Ancient Etruscan alabaster grave effigy of a dead man wearing a triumphal crown, gold necklace and precious ring, holding a scroll. Defunto insignito di corona trionfale

Portrait of Roman Emperor Constantius I
Roman Emperor Constantius I, 250-306. Marcus Flavius Valerius Constantius Herculius Augustus, commonly known as Constantius Chlorus

Traditional Austrian dancers and band - Innsbruck
Traditional Austrian National dancers and band - Innsbruck, Austria. The Funny Wipptaler Date: circa 1910s

Winifred Arthur and Vera Clarke, female conductors
Winifred Arthur and Vera Clarke, who were appearing at the Trocadero in 1924 conducting an orchestra of thirty men. Vera had been a ballroom dancing teacher while Winifred was a violin soloist

Mascagni at the London Hippodrome
Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and conductor, featured in The Bystander at the time he was conducting a special orchestra at the London Hippodrome, where performances of his world-famous opera

Victorian scrap, black musician with violin. 19th century

Tibetan Music at the Scala Theatre
Tibetan musicians at the Scala Theatre, London, perform playing their traditional instruments in connection with the opening of Captain John Noels film of the Everest expedition. Date: 1924

Advert for The Symphonics, a Bertram Lowe Ensemble, Jazz Orchestra, 1925 Date: 1925

Watching Snake-hips Johnson at the Cafe de Paris
Impression by Feliks Topolski for The Sketch magazine in their regular series on Cabaraets of Wartime London, of Kenrick Reginald Hijmans Johnson (1914 1941)

Misses Maud and Grace Hubbard, musicians, with violin and harp. Date: circa 1908

Harry Hudson & His Melody Boys, Show Band 1954
Harry Hudson & His Melody Boys, Show Band, at Great Yarmouth Marina in 1954. The women are probably vocalists. Date: 1954

Water-carriage with figure of Cupid hanging by one leg
A Wassermaschine or water-carriage with musicians in fishscale costumes and a sleeping Cupid hanging by one leg. The car is followed by two winged women in heraldic colours

Pot with Chinese musicians playing cello and pipa from Nevers, France. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquots General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l Auteur

Tablecloth with images of the wedding of Count
Tablecloth in white canvas decorated with images of the wedding of Count Poppo von Henneberg and Sophia von Braunschweig, with musicians, music notation, and courtiers dancing

Berber musicians of the Bey of Tunis and comedians, 1828
Costumes of the Berber musicians of the Bey of Tunis, and comedians or Saitari, Tunisia, 1828. Musicans playing tabi drums, cymbals, Taghanimt flute and nafir horn

Concert with many instruments, ancient Greece. Musicians playing lyre, kithara or zither, aulos or tibia, harp, psalterion, tambourine, cymbals, etc

Japanese wedding ceremony. A monk presides over the marriage in a shrine to the goddess of virginity while musicians play on gongs and koto harp

Principle members of a Chinese imperial procession including flag bearers, porters of carved wooden insignia, cavalry, musicians, and parasol bearers

Wedding feast in an Egyptian harem, 1820, with bride and groom surrounded by female dancers and musicians. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri after a painting by Giovanni Bigatti

Egyptian wedding and funeral rites, 18th century. A wedding party under a huge canopy follows a group of musicians and acrobats

Roman legionnaires and musicians
Heavily armed Roman legionnaires 1, 2, lightly armed soldiers 3, 4, Roman soldier with pack on a march 5, eagle bearer 6 and trumpet and horn players 7, 8

Bacchic chorus of musicians and dancers
A Bacchic chorus of musicians and dancers with tibiae (woodwind), cithara (lyre) and cymbals. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano)

Revival of old custom, Opening of Chester Assizes
Revival of an old custom, Opening of Chester Assizes - a band leads a detachment of the Cheshire Regiment into Castle Square on 29 May 1946. 1946

Musical Italian children. 1923

Drayson Marsh and his Dance Band. 1939

Street scene, Memorial Day in Nome, Alaska, USA, parade with brass band, 30 May 1907. Date: 1907

Artwork by Florence Auerbach, boy playing cello
Artwork by Florence Auerbach, boy in a medieval tunic playing a cello. Date: late 19th century

Artwork by Florence Auerbach, boy playing violin
Artwork by Florence Auerbach, boy in a medieval tunic playing a violin. Date: late 19th century

Cartoon, A Little Music. 1870

61st Lower Rhenish Classical Music Festival, Dusseldorf, Germany - portraits include Johannes Brahms and Julius Tausch. 1884

Jazz band on skis at Murren
A jazz band gamely playing their instruments while on skis at Murren in Switzerland. Date: 1927

R A Lister Military Band, Roman Baths, Bath. Date: 1935

Church Parade, All Saints Church, Aldershot, Hampshire
Church Parade, Royal Garrison Church of All Saints, Aldershot, Hampshire, with a military band marching and playing. Date: circa 1910s

Bandstand, Western Lawns, Hove, Sussex
Band in the bandstand, Western Lawns, Hove, Sussex. Date: circa 1915

Beaconsfield Concert Company, South Africa, 1903
Group photo, Beaconsfield Concert Company, South Africa. Date: 1903

German men in costume - a flag bearer, a flautist and a satirical singer. Date: 1570

Two Lady Brass Musicians and a variety of their instruments including trombones, a euphonium, a normal trumpet and a piccolo trumpet. Date: circa 1900s

Gala Performance at the Met, New York - Josef Hofmann
Golden Jubilee Gala Performance at the Met, New York by Josef Hofmann (1876-1957) - Polish American pianist, composer, music teacher, and inventor

Musician with large drum, Tahiti, French Polynesia. He is wearing traditional native costume, while the drum is a modern French military instrument. Date: 1922

Musicians seated on barrels, Brittany, Northern France
Two musicians seated on top of barrels, Brittany, Northern France. They are playing the native bagpipe or biniou (right) and a flageolet (left). 1922

Two musician dancers of Cambodia, South East Asia (then a French Protectorate). 1922

Bantu musicians with gourd piano, Central Africa
Two Bantu musicians playing a gourd piano looking rather like a curved xylophone, Central Africa. Date: 1922

King of Yarawa dancing, Fedderi, West Africa
King of Yarawa dancing in a Hausa robe at Fedderi, West Africa (then part of the British Empire), with musicians alongside him. The dance was apparently performed in honour of the photographer

Musicians of Bornu, Yola Province, Nigeria, West Africa
Musicians of Bornu, Yola Province, northern Nigeria, West Africa. One blows a trumpet while the other accompanies him on a drum. 1922

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