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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
Three frogs playing music on an April Fool postcardThree frogs playing musical instruments on a French April Fool postcard. Date: circa 1900s
Myanmar - Performing zat pwe - Dance and MusicPerforming zat pwe the traditional Burmese performance form that combines elements of music, dance, and theatre. Date: circa 1908
Lippo Memmi (1291-1356). Italian painter. The Assumption ofLippo Memmi (1291-1356). Italian painter from Siena. The Assumption of the Virgin, 1340. Alte Pinakothek. Munich. Germany
Altarpiece of the Epiphany by Joan Reixach (active 1430-1484Gothic. Altarpiece of the Epiphany by Joan Reixach (active 1430-1484). Detail. Augustian convent. Rubielos de Mora, Teruel. Aragon. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain
The musicians, c. 1617-1618, by Diego Velazquez (1599-1660)Diego Velazquez (1599-1660). Spanish Baroque painter. The musicians, c.1617-1618. Gemaldegalerie. Berlin. Germany
Copy of Etruscan wall painting. Tomb of the Shields. c. 350Etruscan Art. Copy of Etruscan wall painting. Tempera on canvas 1900. Tomb of the Shields. Tarquinia, Italy c. 350 BC. Velhur Velcha and his wife, Ravnthu Aprthnei. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Denmark
Music cover, What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? written and composed by Joe McCarthy, Howard Johnson and Jimmy V Monaco, featured by The Versatile Four. 1916
Chleuh (Shilha) musicians in MoroccoChleuh (Shilha, Shluh) musicians, a Berber sub-group of Morocco. One man is playing a violin, while two others have percussion instruments. Date: circa 1930
The Tables Turned by William Heath RobinsonWaits musicians rather put out of action during the festive period due to residents of one street playing jazz tunes loudly from their windows instead. Date: 1921
Grenadier Guards, St Michaels Mount, CornwallCorps of Drums of the Grenadier Guards with Lord John Francis Arthur St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan (1919-2013), and his wife Lady Susan St Levan (d 2003), at their home on St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
Cats enjoying a dance on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, LondonPaul Whiteman, the famous American bandleader and his orchestra, appearing in Julian Wylies revue Brighter London at the London Hippodrome, London, 1922. Date: 1922
Uighurs dancing, Xinjiang, north west ChinaUighurs performing their national dance, Xinjiang, north west China. Date: 1953
Armistice Day event, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, WW1Armistice Day event on 11 November 1918 with native military brass band in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika, British East Africa (now Tanzania), to mark the end of the First World War. Date: 1918
Parade of students, Dar-es-Salaam, East AfricaParade of students to a festival site, Dar-es-Salaam, German East Africa (now Tanzania). Date: circa 1910
The yule log. Medaeval musicians hauling in the yule log at Christmas. Come bring with a noise my merrie merrie boys the Christmas log to ye firing. Artist: Albertine Randall Wheelan Date: circa 1908
Japanese infantry musicians, one beating a drum (taiko).. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845
WATTEAU de LILLE, Louis-Joseph Watteau, called (1731-1798). Street musicians (Musiciens ambulants). Rococo. Oil on canvas. BELGIUM. WALLONIA. HAINAUT. Tournai. Fine Arts Museum
BRAUN, George (1541-1622). Civitatis Orbis Terrarum (Theatrum orbis terrarum). 1572-1617. Cadiz (1572). Fishing in an almadraba tuna. Etching. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona
Red Book of Montserrat. 14th c. - 16th c. Medieval music from Aquitaine to be danced in a church. Score, 15th century. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA
Painted wood stele depicting Amon musician playing harp before god Ra-Harakhty, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty XXI. Egyptian art. Painting. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris. Louvre Museum
Sax Appeal by G. H. HeathA young woman in a caf頯 r restaurant, sits entranced by a saxophone player who appears to be playing a tune just for her. Date: 1929
Madame Novello Davies & her son, Ivor NovelloThe Welsh composer, singer and actor, David Ivor Davies (1893-1951), better known as Ivor Novello, pictured with his mother, Madame Novello Davies
Vietnam - Musicians of the Mois (Binh Thuan Province). The Mountain People ( Mois is actually a derogatory term) are The Degar, also known as the Montagnard
U. S. O. Club operated by the Salvation Army - WWIIU. S. O. Club operated by the Salvation Army - the United Services Organization Inc. a private, non-profit organization that provides morale and recreational services to members of the U.S. military
SPAIN. David Bustamante. Spanish singer. 20 / 12 / 2002SPAIN. David Bustamante. Spanish singer. 20/12/2002
SPAIN. David Bisbal. 30 / 05 / 2002SPAIN. David Bisbal. 30/05/2002
SPAIN. La Oreja de Van Gogh. 1990
Hurdy gurdy, made by Henry Touvenel. SPAIN. Barcelona. Museum of Music
Beethoven, Ludwig, van. German composer. Portrait by Louis Letronne. Engraving
Young Mapuche Indians - South AmericaYoung Mapuche Indians. The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. Date: circa 1906
Medieval singing contest, WartburgMedieval singing contest held at Wartburg Castle, Germany. In the lower picture, competing singers include Biterolf, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Heinrich von Ofterdingen and Walther von der Vogelweide
Victorian reconstruction of medieval music makingMusicians stroll passed a medieval wall garden, in this Victorian reconstruction. Date: 1685
Romania - The CalusariThe Calusari - members of a Romanian fraternal secret society who practiced a ritual acrobatic dance known as the calus. Date: circa 1906
The Lavenham Salvation Army Band, Suffolk Date: circa 1907
People at a fair in Chile, South AmericaScenes at a Fair -- people at a fair in 19th century Chile, South America. 1824