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Marthe Chenal PhotoMARTHE CHENAL French singer, in her time the most celebrated singer in France, frequently required to sing the Marseillaise on state occasions : in 1918. Date: 1881 - 1947
Music TeacherAn enthusiastic music teacher encourages his pupils to sing a rousing chorus accompanyment to a girl playing a recorder. Date: early 1930s
News of a fair and a marvellous thing, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell we sing. From a poem by William Morris. 20th century
Do you ever hear the fairies? You can hear them if you will, singing little songs of dream, when all the house is still. 20th century
Music at home - singing, 1880sTwo ladies inspect something new-the sheet music to the latest song to sing together. Date: 1880s
Music at home - round the piano, c. 1835A family group gather round the piano to sing and play. C.1835
Music at home - harmony before matrimonyHarmony before matrimony, by James Gillray. A couple perform a duet de l amour in a Georgian interior, whilst two cats play on the sheet music on the floor. Date: 1805
Music at home, 1876They struck up a part song of a wild, pathetic character, with a long drawn out refrain in a minor key." A group of senior people gather round the piano and sing a sad song. 1876
The village glee singers. Two men enjoy a good sing, whilst a third has a nap at the table. Date: 18th century
Music at home - domestic scene, 1880sA family gather round the piano, whilst a man looks down on them from the stairs. Date: 1880s
Singing round the piano, c. 1946A group of women, possibly actresses or chorus girls, gather around a piano in what looks like a rehearsal room to sing their hearts out. c.1946
Music at home - Childrens Christmas CarolA woman seated on a couch plays the guitar whilst two little girls sing Christmas carols from a music book. Some holly and mistletoe in a vase complete the festive scene. 1885
A morning at Mrs. Ingram s: a lady plays the piano, while a young man and woman sing. Date: 1889
Music at home - 17th century musical gatheringA trio of musicians sing and play together, whilst a fourth listens in at the door. A seated man plays the viol de gamba, while two others sing along. Date: Early 1600s
Music at home - fashionable trio at the piano, 1883Three fashionable ladies gather round the piano to sing and play, whilst modelling the latest fashions for November 1883. Ruffles, pleats and and bows are in abundance. Date: 1883
Good Housekeeping front cover, December 1931Front cover of Good Housekeeping magazine with three angelic carol singers dressed in medieval hooded robes. One plays a lute while they all sing from a song sheet
Recreation - Music at home, 1881A lady sits at the piano, and accompanies a singing man. 1881
A singing lesson at Minerva House, 1863A large family group gather round a grand piano to sing together. Date: 1863
Music at home - trio at the piano, 1849Two ladies sing, accompanied by a young man playing the piano. Date: 1849
Music at home - family round the piano, 1866A mother and five children sing together round the piano, 1866. 1866
Monk or priest singingMarginal drawing of what appears to be a priest or a monk singing with a book in his hand. 1543
American Scouts around a camp fireA group of eight American Boy Scouts sit around a camp fire next to their tent at night. They stare intently at one of their group as he raises his arms speaking or singing. circa 1950s
Music in the Elizabethan homePart singing during the reign of Elizabeth I. Date: 16th century
Celebration outside St Pauls Cathedral, LondonA celebration outside St Pauls Cathedral, City of London, on the evening of 3 May 1951, the opening day of the Festival of Britain
Three children singing Christmas carols. early 20th century
Church choristers singing. circa early 20th century
D Carleton-Smythe. Sing a song of sixpenceSing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie... 20th century
Anon 2. Sing a song of sixpence
Shakespeare: fairiesShakespeare:fairies
Four Girls SingFour little girls, seemingly capable of reading music, sing to us from a large score. Date: 1912
Mother Hubbard / WritingMother Hubbard/Writing
Carols in the CountryThree children sing carols outside an English country home Date: 1900
Katie Lawrence / DaisyKATIE LAWRENCE Music hall singer, dressed as a man to sing Daisy, Daisy. Date: circa 1890
Aesop / Trees and the AxeTHE TREES AND THE AXE The trees allow the countryman to fell a small tree to make a handle for his axe, not reali- -sing he is a woodcutter who will use it to fell many more
Britannia and Eve Christmas cover 1936Front cover illustration featuring two female choristers, singing Christmas carols without even having to look at the words
Minstrels sing stories of heroesMinstrels sang of the famous deeds of heroes. A medieval minstrel with a celtic harp sings stories to a rapt audience of men, women and children
Sing Me A Song, childrens book / Ellen WelbyTwo children leaf their way quietly through a book. Sing Me A Song, childrens book front cover
Caleys Christmas Cracker labelA Christmas cracker box label for Caleys of Norwich featuring a young boy in medieval costume singing carols
At the ConservatoireA student practices her singing and oratory at a Conservatoire in France
Women from Porto da Cruz, in Funchal, MadeiraA 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
Boa Nova group, Funchal, MadeiraA 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
Singing in churchA group of three children sing hymns in church with a buttercup border
Lourdes - Religious processionLourdes, France - Religious procession - two lines of singing girls follow a banner of Our Lady of Lourdes
Czech refugees singing WWIICzech refugees in their English home tried to keep the culture of their native lands alive in various ways during World War II
Christmas Carol Singers by Judith BledsoeA row of carol singers of varying sizes holding lanterns
Sing me an English Song by Florence HardyAn elegant 18th century couple sit together on a sofa. A gentleman in a frock coat and wig listens intently while his lady companion plays the lute
A male quartetFour men link arms and sing to their hearts content. They are all smartly dressed in waistcoats and jackets, and wear tricorne hats
A Priest sings at the end of massA priest sings Domine, Salvam fac Rempublicam, the response which can be used at the end of Mass, expressing the prayer of blessing for the Church and State