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The Salvador Pizarro Argentinian Orchestra, Les Ambassadeurs, Paris, 1930 Date: 1930
Handel Festival at Crystal PalaceA performance at the Great Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance orchestra, 1935. Date: 1935
Stanton Jefferies and his orchestra, 1920sStanton Jefferies and his orchestra, with Uncle Jeff pictured on the right hand side. Date: 1920s
Joe Loss and his jazz band, 1936Joe Loss and his band at the Astoria, 1936. Date: 1936
Richter conducts an orchestraHans Richter (1843-1916), conducts a symphony
Conductor and orchestraA couple mourn the death of a loved one in the upper scene, whilst a conductor on a stage conducts a large choir below. Date: c.1850
Conductor, choir and orchestra c. 1735A gentleman(believed to be George Frideric Handel(1685-1759), conducts a musical rehearsal. Date: c.1735
T Methodios and his Celebrated Roumanian Orchestra at.... Margate! Date: circa 1920
Bonang Players - BaliThe Bonang is a musical instrument used in the Javanese gamelan (percussion orchestra). It is a collection of small gongs (sometimes called kettles or pots)
Childrens OrchestraDemonstrating the love of music that is innate in all human creatures, these six children have formed an impromptu orchestra and are making music together... Date: 1871
Jack PayneJohn Wesley Vivian Payne (1899 - 1969), British dance band leader whose band played at the Hotel Cecil in London during the 1920s and later for the BBC
Michael Zarin OrchestraInvitation to the Michael Zarin Orchestra at the Flamingo Room at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, America
Rehearsing a play in ordinary clothesActors at a London theatre rehearse a play in their everyday clothes - their costumes have yet to materialise
Metropolitan Police theatricals, showing five performers on a raised stage. There is a tea hut on the right, advertising tea, coffee and sandwiches, with a man serving an elderly customer
Radio City Music Hall - New YorkA show at a packed Radio City Music Hall at the Rockefeller Centre, New York
Orchestra members at a festival, Haimhausen, Bavaria, GermanMembers of an orchestra wearing historical uniforms during a rococo festival in Haimhausen, just north of Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Imperial Choir performing at the Crystal PalaceThe Imperial Choir performing in a concert at the Crystal Palace, south London. This 4500-voice choir was founded by Charles A. E. Harriss in 1909, and was made up of several large London choirs
The Birmingham Music Festival - The Great Music HallThe Birmingham Musical Festival showing the Great Music Hall with Mendelssohn conducting " Elijah"
Back-chat by Webster MurrayColour illustration by Webster Murray depicting a stage actress engaging in some humorous banter with the audience, or conductor in the orchestra pit
Geraldo, band leader known for Geraldo and his Orchestra
The Bystander MastheadScene depicting glamorous theatre goers in a box at the theatre, watching an actress on stage take a bow while the conductor is visible above the orchestra pit
Mobile army cinemaThe Austrians provided their troops with a mobile cinema during World War I. One wagon carried an orchestra and one carried a light projector
A Toscanini / Simont 1934ARTURO TOSCANINI Italian conductor, known for his dynamic style - sketched while conducting at the Champs-Elysees Theatre, Paris, in 1934
Dance French StreetDancing in the street on Bastille Day : the musicians have hung a sign to tell everyone this is a waltz
Allegro Furioso / MonkeysAllegro furioso - a monkey orchestra
Music Hall Lion-ComiqueA lion comique at the Oxford, a London music hall
Nightclub Singer 1939Die Diseuse (" The Singer" ) A redheaded German nightclub singer in a slinky green dress accompanied by the orchestra
Advertisement for the Empire Cinema, Derby -- The House that is Different. Proprietor Edgar Duckworth, General Manager Jos. Ferguson. Continuous performance daily from 2.30 to 10.30
Grandville Steam OrchA steam orchestra with, drums, cello, violin, french horn and trombone
Wagner / Ulk / BerlinRICHARD WAGNER German composer, deified at Bayreuth, with deposed gods and goddesses below: There is only one God, and His name is Wagner!
Archduke at MeetingAll the audience and orchestra rise to their feet when the Erzherzog (archduke) Johann von Ostreich makes his appearance in the Stadttheater at Frankfurt
Futuristic automatic orchestraA futuristic automated orchestra -- musicians will become redundant, apart from the conductor who just has to turn a handle. At least the actors haven t been replaced... yet