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HOGARTH SOUTHWARK FAIRSouthwark Fair Various performers compete to attract the publics attention. Date: 1733
CECILIA AT THE ORGANOne angel helps Saint Cecilia play the organ, while another holds a lyre : thanks to this heavenly instruction, she will become the patron saint of musicians Date: 2nd - 3rd century
MEDICINE MAN & DANCERS MEDICINE MAN & DANCERSCentral African medicine man with apparatus and attendant musicians and dancers
Spanish Itinerant MusicA couple of musicians Date: 17th century
BERRY / MAYMAY Celebrating May Day near the town of Riom, in the Auvergne - a procession of noble folk, accompanied by musicians, ride out in the woods Date: 1409 - 1487
GIPSY MUSICIANS 19CTwo Spanish gipsy girls play guitar and tambourine Date: 19th century
Angelic ChorusAngel musicians : not all angels play the harp, theres a fair-sized brass section as well Date: 1911
Yurkish women danving in a fieldTurkish or Persian women dancing with musicians in a field Date: probably 18th century
Elizabethan Minstrels outside a Tavern Date: circa 1600
Suffragette Drum and Fife band - Lantern SlideSuffragette Drum and Fife band - the first composed entirely of women. Date: (insert)
Ram Gopal with his Indian Dancers and Musicians - programme for performance at Cambridge Theatre, Cambridge Circus, London
Guitarists busking in the street, York, EnglandA young couple walk round a corner in York and see two musicians busking in the street in front of a shop. In the background is York Minster. The Daily Telegraph Date: 1991
Musicians and Dancer - Southern Algeria. Date: circa 1909
Citadel, Aleppo, Syria - Arab Play with musicians and spectators. Date: 1923
Changing the guard - St. Jamess Palace, London - drawing quite a crowd of interested onlookers even back in the 1900s! Date: 1914
Banking Expressions Illustrated - A Good Balance. The reverse message for this card rather wonderfully reads: " What Ho!" Date: 1904
The Original Croatian Tamburica EnsembleThe Original Croatian Tamburica (Tamboura) Ensemble. The instrument is associated with Croatian nationalism. Hundreds of tamburitza ensembles were formed amongst Croatian emigrants throughout
Scene from the opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - also features his portrait profile and signature. Date: circa 1900s
A young girl listens to two Koto Players by Miyagawa Choshun (1683-1753). Date: late 18th century
A Ships Band on deck - preparing to launch into a merry tune for the passengers. Sadly, the location, name of the group and setlist are lost to history... Date: circa 1909
Spanish Children sing and play music - kitsch postcard Date: circa 1903
Cafe Restaurant des Oudaya at Rabat, MoroccoPatrons and Musicians in front of the Cafe Restaurant des Oudaya at Rabat, Morocco Date: 1910s
Band of the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queens Bays), cavalry regiment in British Army. 1896
Musical frogs on eight Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s
Three frogs playing music on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1890s
The Mona Lisa Smile by Fortunino MataniaScene painted by Fortunino Matania depicting the reason behind the famous smile of Leonardo da Vincis Mona Lisa Da Vinci. employs a variety of musicians, clowns and monkeys to keep his model amused
Myanmar - Performing yein pwe - Dance and MusicMyanmar - Performing yein pwe - traditional National dance which features singing and dancing performed by an ensemble / chorus. Date: circa 1908
Cavern Cafe, Nogales, Sonora, MexicoScene inside the Cavern Cafe, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico Date: 1928
Performance of the opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini in Barcelona theatre Liceu (19th c.). Engraving by Onofre Alsamora. Litography. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. Barcelona City History Museum
The Town Musicians of BremenA scene from the Grimms fairy tale, The Town Musicians of Bremen. Date: 1902
Gata Bera drummers and Sinhala Dancers - Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1907
Belgium - In The White Horse, Blankenberge (In T Witte Paard) - Brasserie / Concert Hall. The band in full swing. Date: circa 1920s
Village Revels by William Heath RobinsonA charming scene painted by the comic artist, W. Heath Robinson featuring villagers enjoying themselves at a fair. In the foreground some agricultural workers in smocks enjoy tankards of ale
St Cecilia / Liebig CardSAINT CECILIA Roman saint and martyr, patron saint of musicians, alongside an organist, a cellist and a violinist
Angelic GuitaristPUTO CHE SUONA LA GUITARRA - a young angel plays the guitar
Fairy MusiciansThree fairy musicians, wearing sashes, fly through the air, making music as they go
Indian musicians, drums and stringed instrument. Vintage 19th century photograph
Musicians with instruments on a Christmas and New Year cardMusicians with instruments on a Christmas card, with a quotation from The Merchant of Venice: I am never merry when I hear sweet music. Date: circa 1890s
Monkey and cat duet on a Christmas card, with an orchestra of monkey musicians. Date: circa 1890s
Typical coronation processionThe Procession usually observed in the Coronation of our Kings and Queens, showing the hierarchy of dignitaries in English society. 18th century
Sandor Vegh, Hungarian-French violinist and conductorSandor Vegh (1912-1997), Hungarian (later French) violinist and conductor. Seen here taking part in an International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove, Cornwall (which he founded in 1972)
Rugby School OTC band, c. 1906Rugby School OTC band posing for a photograph with their instruments in 1906 (possibly 1907). Date: c.1906
Changing the Guard at St Jamess Palace, 1792.Coloured line engraving, artist unknown, published 1792.During the 18th century the British Army recruited many African
Famous Musicians of 1909, including Paderewski and ElgarFamous Musicians of 1909: (top row left) Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941), Polish pianist, composer, politician (and spokesman for Polish independence)
A Night at Covent Garden by MataniaGerman opera draws London society to Covent Garden - a scene during the performance of Strausss Elektra at the Royal Opera House
The Abbe Liszt by Mervyn SuartFRANZ LISZT Hungarian musician (1811-1886) - an unusual composition showing Liszt deep in thought, bathed by candlelight, while a couple dance in a romantic clinch, presumably to his music. Date: 1938
Frog playing a mandolin on a French postcardFrog dressed in female clothing playing a mandolin or banjo on a French postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Four frogs playing and singing on a greetings postcardFour frogs playing the violin, conducting and singing on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1890s