Orchestra Collection (page 3)

An Al Fresco Ball in France
An al fresco ball in Paris, perhaps, since the scene is framed by palm trees, on the fashionable French Riviera. The cabaret turn in the spotlight is a pair of dancers

Laura Cowie with daughter Ursula by Madame Yevonde
Actress Laura Cowie (1892 - 1969), who in private life was Mrs John Hastings Turner, wife of the author and playwright, pictured with her daughter Ursula on the front cover of The Sketch in 1932 at

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

Advert for Chappell music dance records, 1925
Advert for Chappells Brunswick music dance records, 1925 Date: 1925

Advert for Keith Prowse music dance hits, 1925 Date: 1925

Advert for Zelbas British Band Agency, London, 1919. Provides the finest Jazz bands and orchestras. Date: 1919

Advert for His Masters Voice new dance records, London, 1922 Date: 1922

Paul Whiteman and his famous orchestra playing at the Palais Royal in New York, 1922 Date: 1922

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

Berlin Opera House - viewed from the stage. 19th century

Music cover, Les Chats Quadrilles, The Cats, composed by G Redler. 1843

Conductors and guest artists, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
The conductors and guest artists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. From 1 to 18 they are: Ferruccio Busoni, Teresa Carreno, Josef Rebicek, Siegfried Ochs, Marcella Sembrich, Pablo de Sarasate

Johann Strauss conducting an orchestra. circa 1898

Austrian regiment Anschluss
Band of Deutschmeister s, crack Austrian regiment of Guards playing in Munich Date: 1934-1938

Advert for Pizarro Argentinian Orchestra Date: 1920s

SINGER ON STAGE / 1911
A lady wearing a yellow dress sings on stage in a French music hall. Date: 1911

PEEP FROM BEHIND CURTAIN
A Peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane Showing a caricature associated with Sheridan. Date: 18th century

WAGNER / LIEBIG / 5 / 1870
RICHARD WAGNER German composer in 1870, serenading his wife and baby in their own home with his Siegfried Idyll Date: 1813 - 1883

The Orchestra (Conductress Mrs Clarice Dunnington), The Pier, St Annes on Sea, Blackpool, Fylde Coast, Lancashire, England. Date: 1926

Miss Nellie Rennisons Swiss Ladies Orchestra, with a programme of music including pieces by Rossini, Nilssen and Sullivan. Also including four solo female singers. circa 1905

Girl Kindergarten Orchestra - Musical group Date: circa 1910s

Banking Expressions Illustrated - A Good Balance. The reverse message for this card rather wonderfully reads: " What Ho!" Date: 1904

The Original Croatian Tamburica Ensemble
The Original Croatian Tamburica (Tamboura) Ensemble. The instrument is associated with Croatian nationalism. Hundreds of tamburitza ensembles were formed amongst Croatian emigrants throughout

The Orchestra promenade, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Date: circa 1930s

Music cover, In the Mood, Glenn Miller
Music cover, In the Mood, The Jitterbug Craze, words by Andy Razaf, music by Joe Garland. Performed by Glenn Miller and his orchestra. 1939

Cavern Cafe, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
Scene inside the Cavern Cafe, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico Date: 1928

Mexican Mariachi Orchestra. Mariachi, is a typical musical ensemble, originally from the State of Jalisco, Mexico. It is an integration of stringed instruments highly influenced by the cultural

Monkey and cat duet on a Christmas card, with an orchestra of monkey musicians. Date: circa 1890s

Musique - music - musical instruments
A dizzying array of musical instruments. Date: 1930

A photograph of Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, London, 1923. They have returned to New York after appearing in Julian Wylies revue Brighter London at the Hippdorome

A Night at Covent Garden by Matania
German opera draws London society to Covent Garden - a scene during the performance of Strausss Elektra at the Royal Opera House

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Orchestra playing The Creati
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Austrian composer. Orchestra playing The Creation, written between 1796- 1798). University of Vienna (1808). Engraving, 1809. Color

Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, London
Paul Whiteman, the famous American bandleader and his orchestra, appearing in Julian Wylies revue Brighter London at the London Hippodrome, London, 1922. Date: 1922

Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold - French musical composer
Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold (1791-1833) - French operatic composer of Alsatian descent who also wrote many pieces for the piano, orchestra, and the ballet

Ground floor plan, Queens Hall, Langham Place, London
Ground floor plan for the Queens Hall, a concert hall in Langham Place, London. It opened in 1893, and was burnt down in 1941, following a WW2 air raid. Date: 1890s

Jack Hylton and his band
Jack Hylton (1892 - 1965), British musician, band leader and later Director of Dance Music for the BBC seen with his dance orchestra shortly after they began playing at the Piccadilly Hotel in London

The Dalrymple Orchestra, photographed in a garden
Members of the Dalrymple Orchestra, photographed in a garden. Date: 1907-1908

Henry Hall - Director of the BBC Dance Orchestra
Henry Hall (1898-1989) - British Bandleader and Director of the BBC Dance Orchestra Date: circa 1935

Blase by Webster Murray
A line of insouciant chorus girls doing high-kicks as the orchestra plays in the pit below. Date: 1929

The Third Encore by H. M. Bateman
A small man, rather green with exhaustion, mops his brow at the thought of yet another dance with a sturdy lady. Date: 1928

The Member of the Beauty Chorus who Got out of Step by H. M. Bateman. Date: 1928

Army School of Music
The Army School of Music in concert. 1940

Rugby School orchestra and choir, c. 1907
The orchestra of Rugby School during the Edwardian era. Date: c.1907

Music cover, Rags, words by Allan Flynn, music by Jack Egan, featured by Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra. 1935

A sketch of the dance band The Capitol Orchestra
A sketch of the Jazz dance band The Capitol Orchestra who play at Rectors Night Club, London, 1923 Date: 1923

The London Band under the direction of Emelyn Thomas succeeded Paul Whitemans Orchestra in Julian Wylies Brighter London at the Hippodrome, London, 1924. They also play at the New Princes Restaurant

The Rectors Ambassadors Orchestra fulfilling an exclusive engagement at the Palais de Danse Hammersmith, London, 1924 Date: 1924

Music cover, The Twilight Waltz, Jack Payne
Music cover, The Twilight Waltz, by Jimmy Kennedy and Walter Dobson, featured by Jack Payne and his BBC Dance Orchestra. 1931

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