Wassailing Apple TreesIn Devon and Somerset, apple growers wassail orchards on 17 January, with songs and a bucket of hot cider; a tree is lightly sprinkled, then the wassailers drink the rest
The Song of the SirenTwo beautiful sirens sing their entrancing songs from their seats on some perilous rocks - their magic and beauty luring sailors to a terrible end... Date: 1932
Lear / Owl & Pussycat / C19The Owl & the Pussy-Cat went to sea, In a beautiful pea- green boat; They took some honey, & plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five-pound note
Lear / Owl & PussycatTHE OWL & THE PUSSY-CAT The Owl & the Pussy-Cat ask the Pig if he is willing to sell them his ring
Group photo, Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, USAGroup photo of the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. They were an African-American a cappella ensemble who toured
Hills. Christmas Is Coming. Cecil Aldin. 1898. jpgIllustration by Cecil Aldin depicting a kindly Father Christmas reciting the traditional song, " Christmas is Coming, the Goose is getting Fat" to a gaggle of obviously dim geese
James Doughty, oldest clown in EnglandJames Doughty of Brighton, at the time of this photograph the oldest clown in England, about to celebrate his 94th birthday. Seen here in costume with two of his performing dogs
Sir Edward ElgarSir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (1857-1934), English composer. He composed oratorios, chamber music, symphonies, instrumental concertos, and songs
Lear / Quangle-Wangle / C19THE QUANGLE WANGLEs HAT The Quangle Wangles 200ft. ornamented hat, on top of the Crumpetty Tree
Lear / Jumblies / NonsenseTHE JUMBLIES The Jumblies go to sea in a sieve on a stormy day
Arthur Roberts, music hall entertainerARTHUR ROBERTS Music hall entertainer. Date: 19th century
Florrie Forde music hall singer 1875-1940Florrie Forde (Flora Flanagan) born in Australia, music hall singer known for popular chorus songs, pantomime principal boy. Sang ?It?s a long way to Tipperary? in World War I
Marie Loftus music hall dancer and singer 1857-1940Marie Loftus music hall dancer and singer, pantomime star. Reputation for singing risqu songs. Mother of Cissie Loftus, music hall mimic. In costume holding rose
Lyrics by Anne BoleynWords by Anne Boleyn entitled O Death Rock Me On Sleep accompanied by an illustratio of the ill-fated Queen looking rather tragic. Date: 1934
The NeedleWorker, WW1 knitting with Jessie Pope poemPage from The Needle Worker from March 1915, advising readers on knitting for men and boys and featuring, The Knitting Song, a poem by Jessie Pope
Cantigas de Santa Maria (Virgin Mary Songs)
Music cover, Down at the Old Bull & Bush, words by Russell Hunting, Percy Krone and Andrew B Sterling, music by Harry Von Tilzer, sung with enormous success by Miss Florrie Forde. Date: 1905
Music cover, Apple Blossom TimeMusic cover, I ll be with you in Apple Blossom Time, sung by The Andrews Sisters in the Universal Picture, Rookies. 1941
Carmina Burana 13th CA page from a Latin manuscript of the Carmina Burana, a collection of poems, songs and short plays; published in 1847 by Johann Schmeller, the name means songs of Beuren Date: 13th century
Mr Albert Chevaliers RecitalsThis postcard titled Mr Albert Chevaliers Recitals shows the many characters Albert Chevalier played. As the coster, fourth from right in the front row, he sang his famous coster songs
Roger QuilterROGER QUILTER English musician, known chiefly for his songs though he also wrote orchestral music of an impressionist character. Date: 1877 - 1953
Great Macdermott / FeatherTHE GREAT MACDERMOTT (Gilbert Hastings Farrell) Music hall singer of patriotic songs: I ll strike you with a feather
Couple Dancing / PianoA couple dancing to popular songs of the day such as Schade, dass man per Telefon nicht kussen kann ( What a shame you can t kiss over the phone )
Daisy Dormer music hall singer 1883-1947Daisy Dormer (Kezia Beatrice Stockwell) music hall singer and pantomime favourite. Here as Maid Marion in ?Babes in the Wood?. Music hall stars often performed their hit songs in pantomime
Yvette Guilbert music hall singer 1865-1944Yvette Guilbert (Emma Laure Guilbert) French music hall singer. Known as a ?diseuse? for her monologue-like patter songs. Here at her dressing-table preparing for a performance
Choirboy - Caricature of a young choirboy singing Easter songs. Artist: Flora Juno White. Date: circa 1918
Songs, Penny a Sheet! Cries of London
The Victory Parade SelectionAn illustrated WW2 music sheet cover for The Victory Parade Selection, comprising of songs including When The Guards Are marching On Parade, Were Gonna Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line
Music and jollity at the Guards Boat Club, Maidenhead, Berkshire. Date: 1932
Music cover, States of America, sung by Bing CrosbyMusic cover, States of America, favourite songs and dances, sung by Bing Crosby Date: 1945
Isabel Jeans, Ivor Novello, Dorothy DicksonPhotomontage, showing Miss Isabel Jeans, Mr Ivor Novello, and Miss Dorothy Dickson, in soup tureen with spoon. Captioned, ?
Choir of the French Church, Savoy, BloomsburyA Depiction of the female choir from the French Church of the Savoy, Bloomsbury, singing from a hymnal book. It was an all girl's choir from Westminster School. Date: 1885
Alma Goetz, composerAlma Goetz was a composer of songs, including Melisande in the Wood and At Parting'. Date: circa 1910
Music cover, Maurice Chevalier, Souvenir Selection of ten songs Date: 1930
Music cover, The Dubarry Operette in 9 ScenesMusic cover, Piano Selection, Stanley Scott presents The Dubarry, Operette in 9 Scenes, by Paul Knepler and J M Welleminsky, English book by Desmond Carter and Rowland Leigh, music by Carl Millocker
Music cover, Little Nellie KellyMusic cover, Charles B. Cochran's production of George M. Cohan's Musical Play, Little Nellie Kelly, book, lyrics and music by George M Cohan. Date: 1922
Music cover, The Peter Maurice Popular Song AlbumMusic cover, Army Chorus, The Peter Maurice Popular Song Album No. 8. Date: 1939
Spanish Civil War. International Brigades. War songs. Madrid, 1937-1938. Drawing
Alexei Surkov, Soviet Russian poet, editor and journalistAlexei Surkov (1899-1983), Soviet Russian poet, editor and journalist. Date: circa 1960s
PETRARCH (1304-1374). Italian humanist and poet. Triumphs, Sonnets, and Songs. Miniature with the Triumph of the Death
THE GREAT MACDERMOTT (Gilbert Hastings Farrell) (1845 - 1901), music hall singer of patriotic songs
ALEC HURLEY (1871 - 1913), English music hall singer entertainer, tenor singer of coster songs
Verses of a song by Walther von der VogelweideTwo verses of the song Wenn die Blumen aus dem Grase dringen (When the flowers sprout through the grass) by the German poet and minnesinger Walther von der Vogelweide (c1170-c1230). Date: circa 1230
Gnawa musicians - ethnic group inhabiting Morocco and Algeria in the Maghreb. Gnawa music is characterized by instrumentation
Bessie Wentworth music hall male impersonator 1873-1901Bessie Wentworth (Elizabeth Mary Andrews) male impersonator and ?coon singer? of plantation songs - a genre which would be unacceptable today. Here wearing a naval uniform and holding a cigarette
Comic postcard, Plump woman and minstrel at the seaside Date: 20th century
Fairy SongsA Song of Flowers. Fantasy image of a fairy amongst flowers playing a mandolin. Artist: Flora White. Date: circa 1930
Music cover, The Fats Waller Album of favourite songs and piano transcriptions. 1935
