Percussion Collection (page 5)

Silhouettes of soldiers in wartime
Some of our lads -- silhouettes of soldiers in wartime. Including a piper playing the bagpipes, men standing on guard or chatting, a drummer, men carrying tools and materials for trench digging

King David and his choir make music inside an illuminated letter C. Date: Early 15th century

Garoet, Indonesia - Puppet Theatre and Gamelan
Garoet, Indonesia - Puppet Theatre and musicians forming a Gamelan orchestra Date: 1927

Indian man with a Pakhawaj drum
A Pakhawaj drum - essentially a north Indian version of the mridangam drum and is the most common north Indian representative of the class of barrel shaped drums known as mridang. Date: circa 1920s

Australian band playing in square, Bapaume, France, WW1
An Australian band playing in the town square at Bapaume, northern France, during the First World War, with ruined buildings in the background and debris on the ground. Date: circa 1917

Portuguese infantry marching through Saint-Floris, WW1
Portuguese infantry marching through Saint-Floris, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918

Bonang Players - Bali
The Bonang is a musical instrument used in the Javanese gamelan (percussion orchestra). It is a collection of small gongs (sometimes called kettles or pots)

Racial / Japan / Musicians
Three Japanese musicians playing stringed and percussion instruments, with three men listening in the background Date: late 19th century

Boys Band at Erdington Homes, Birmingham
Boys military band at Erdington Cottage Homes, Birmingham. As well as the boys and their instruments, the picture includes the Union Chairman (left)

Boys Band, Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
The Boys Band at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. They are in uniform, holding their instruments on the steps of the building

Military band with instruments in front of a tent
A military band, the Brecknockshire Battalion South Wales Borderers, together with their instruments, including six drums, posing for their photo in front of a tent

Military band at a country house, Crickhowell, Mid Wales
A military band in the grounds of a large country house in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales. Various civilians are walking around, enjoying the gardens and fountain

Women from Porto da Cruz, in Funchal, Madeira
A group of women belonging to a Porto da Cruz folklore group, in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. They are singing and playing percussion instruments as part of their street entertainment

Camacha woman with musical instrument, Funchal, Madeira
A woman from a folklore group from the village of Camacha, seen here in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. She is holding a musical instrument known as a brinquinho

Boa Nova man with musical instrument, Funchal, Madeira
A man from a Boa Nova folklore group, seen here in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. He is holding a musical instrument known as a brinquinho, a stick decorated with wooden dolls

Boa Nova group, Funchal, Madeira
A traditional Boa Nova folk group playing musical instruments and singing, seen in Funchal, the capital city of Madeira. The man on the right is holding a percussion instrument known as a brinquinho

Music and dancing in India
A group of people playing music and dancing in India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Holborn Schools Band, Mitcham, Surrey
Boys band at Holborn Schools, High Street, Mitcham - originally established in 1856 in the grounds of Eagle House. The Schools provided accommodation

Egypt - Kettle Drum players riding on camels
Two kettle drum players - their drums mounted onto the flanks of camels. They are ceremonial players, providing music for traditional social or religious corteges, parades or processions

A large group of Musicians - Constantinople
The Choice Artists and musicians directed by the Amiable Band Leader Mr Lange, Constantinople

Chinese Percussion
A variety of Chinese percussive instruments, including a hanging rack of square bells, a tensioned drum and a percussion instrument in the shape of a tiger

Persian Drum
Ancient Persian percussion instrument similar to the European drum

Dancer, West Africa
A west African dancer, with percussion accompaniment

Announcement of Victory
A man summons the people of the village with the sounds of a drum to hear the announcement of victories in Addis Ababa

Greek Musicians
Ancient Greek musicians playing wind instruments and percussion

Music Class 1900
A music lesson at a German school. One teacher plays the piano while another conducts the schoolchildren, who play an assortment of instruments, including tambourines, etc

Javanese Musicians / 1889
Javanese musicians playing traditional Bonang percussion providing music for traditional dancers in the Java Hall at the Paris Exhibition Date: 1889

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