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Orchestral Gatherings in Historic Venues

A series of historical images depicting orchestras performing in various settings, capturing the elegance and intimate atmosphere of past musical gatherings.

The Guildhall School of Music, London : Landon Ronald conducts a student orchestra. Date: 1921
The Guildhall School of Music, London : Landon Ronald conducts a student orchestra. Date: 1921
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From the Girls and Children series (N58) promoting Our Little Beauties Cigarettes for Allen & Ginter brand tobacco products 1887 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "Girls and Children" series (N58), issued in 1887 to promote Our Little Beauties Cigarettes distributed by Allen & Ginter. The series was printed with two types of backs, one bearing the address of Allen & Ginter in Virginia and the other with the address of a London depot.. From the Girls and Children series (N58) promoting Our Little Beauties Cigarettes for Allen & Ginter brand tobacco products 422246Giuseppe Verdi conducting "Aida"; Marie, Adrien Emmanuel (1848-1891); 1880 (1880-00-00-1880-00-00);Patek, Stanisław (1866-1944), Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901), Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)-iconography, Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901). Aida, Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944), Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, conductors, composers, concerts, musicians, operas, orchestras, violin, cello, interiors of theaters, purchase (provenance), collection signsWoman with violin, violin player, virtuoso, stands on stage and gives a concert, visitors in the squares, distinguished people, Austria, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured.Black silhouette of Franz SCHUBERT, 1797-1828 Austrian composer, at the pianoFrance, Paris, poster of Paul Verlaine and Jean MoreasBoston Philharmonic Club, circa 1900Street musicians, Fritz Schönpflug -, artistEngraving depicting a quintet playing in New York, playing into four microphones, giving a concert which is being transmitted by telephone to an audience in Newton. Dated 19th centuryThe Family Concert, Jan Steen, 1666, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, North America,A Weissbierstube in Berlin, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, EuropeBallet scene from Meyerbeer's Opera Roberto il Diavolo,Musical group with Händel, Bach, Tartini, Gluck, Quanz, Jomelli, Caricature from the 18th centurySpain. 18th century. Flamenco. Toque. Guitar playing. Andalusia. Engraving at La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1885. (Photo by: PHAS/UIG)Color print by Péter Rátz depicting Mihály Reményi, associated with the Royal Music Academy in Budapest, created around 1910.Willie Edouin as Hilarius in La Poupee, a comic opera by Edmond Audran, Prince of Wales Theatre, 1897. Edouin, English comedian, actor, dancer, singer and writer, 1846-1906. Photograph by Alfred Ellis and Walery (Stanislaw Julian Ignacy). Colour printing of a hand-coloured illustration based on a monochrome photograph from George Newness Players of the Day, London, 1905.BEETHOVEN, Ludwing van (Bonn,1770-Viena,1827). German composer.BEETHOVEN, Ludwing van (Bonn,1770-Viena,1827). German composer.Bass Drum, from the Musical Instruments series (N82) for Duke brand cigarettes 1888 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. American Trade cards from the "Musical Instruments" series (N82), issued in a set of 50 cards in 1888 to promote W. Duke Sons & Co. brand cigarettes.. Bass Drum, from the Musical Instruments series (N82) for Duke brand cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)Johan Strauss and his orchestra at Vienna at a court ball, 1893, Engraving. Museum: Museen der Stadt, VIENA, AUSTRIA. Author: THEO FASCHE. JOHANN STRAUSS (JUNIOR).Johann STRAUSS the Younger, 1825-99 Austrian composer, conducting his orchestra at court ball, Vienna, Austria, 19th century engravingJOHN ORLANDO PARRY musical entertainer, depicted at the keyboard with Albert Smith who writes many of his songs. Date: 1810 - 1879Old King Cole was a merry old soul/ And a merry old soul was he. /He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl/And he called for his fiddlers three. King Cole is smoking a hookah and is serenaded by his three violinists who are being conducted by a parrot. Illustration by the English artist Walter Crane (1845-1915) for a book of nursery rhymes 'Sing a Song of Sixpence' (London, 1866). Colour-printed wood engraving.Ballet Scene from 'On the Sands', Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878-1914, British, 1910, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm), audience, ballerinas, ballet, conductor (musician), dancers, genre subject, hall, interior, leisure, musicians, orchestra (ensemble), performance, performers, proscenium, proscenium arch, set (architectural element), spectators, stageUriah Heep and David Copperfield, c1900. Characters from "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens. Front cover of "Stories of Children from Dickens", told by his granddaughter Mary Angela Dickens and others, with an introduction by Percy Fitzgerald, illustrated by Harold Copping, Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, London, c1900Quartet Renaixement durante un concierto en la Sala Mozart de Barcelona. Año 1915.'Viens poupoule, viens poupoule, viens!' ('Come to me Little Chicken, Come!') -the lyrics of a famous French Music Hall song of the early years of the 20th century, used to caption this satirical postcard, depicting Albert I (18481922), Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois leading little 'chickens' from across Europe into his Casino 'Coop' where they face 'Financial Slaughter' (note his bloody knife!). An early depiction of the perils of gambling! Date: circa 1907The Dixieland Jazz Band, c. 1919 Date: c.1919Michel Boai, a "chin performer" (on the guitar), performing with his associates, his wife playing the guitar and M. Engels playing the violin. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1830.Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Italian romantic composer. "France, Paris. Verdi conducting one of his own operas". Engraving from Monde Illustre by Adrien Marie, 1880. 19th century. (later colouration).TRILBY Svengali teaching Trilby. 'We took her voice note by note.' Date: First published: 1894The Dance at the Moulin RougeGulliver with the Lilliputians, lantern slide, late 19th century. A scene from "Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift, first published in 1726. One of a series of 12 'Superior Lithographic Coloured Lantern Slides...with Lecture complete', made in England c1870-1900.Ballet from 'Robert le Diable', by Edgar Degas, 1871, French impressionist painting, oil on canvas. The man with the binoculars looks into the audience, as nuns risen from the dead and dance amid the ruins of a monastery on stage (BSLOC_2017_3_102)Illustration with music, A Romp, showing children dancing and playing. Date: first published 1881Engraving showing Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh playing the violin to accompany the singer, Madame Marie Roze at a concert for the Royal College of Music at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall during a visit in 1882. Date: 23rd December 1882Colour illustration by C.E. Turner depicting the scene inside an ice rink in the 1930s. Date: 11th November 1931A Merry Christmas - Woman playing violin while children sing, vintage cardThe Folk Song, by Lega Silvestro, 1867, 19th Century, oil on canvas. Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Palazzo Pitti, Modern Art Gallery. Whole artwork. Interior room curtains three women piano musical instrument score stornello chant curtain window view countryside.JOSE MARIA IPARRAGUIRRE CANTANDO AL ARBOL DE GUERNICA EN MADRID.CARLOS GARDEL in THE DAY YOU LOVE ME (1935) -Original title: EL DIA QUE ME QUIERAS-, directed by JOHN REINHARDT.Intermission at the Theater of Valencay (Un Entr'act au Theatre de Valencay) Charles Henry Tenre (1864-1926 /French) Painting Municipal Museum, Roubaix, France Interior of the Opera Theatre in Vienna, Austria, during the performance of an opera, 19th century watercolourThe original Gorlitza & the Emma polka Emma polka. Prints, Sheet music covers, Scores. 1850 - 1859. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Ballroom dancing , 19th century, Polkas , ScoresThis illustration appeared in London-based Penrose Pictorial Annual of 1900. This image show a woman playing a violin concerto.The cinema splendor : Emma sings Destinnová in Berlin in a cage before 14 lionsPartitura musical "Marcha Real Española". Editada por Album Salon, Barcelona. Año 1905.Lyre, from the Musical Instruments series (N82) for Duke brand cigarettes 1888 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. American Trade cards from the "Musical Instruments" series (N82), issued in a set of 50 cards in 1888 to promote W. Duke Sons & Co. brand cigarettes.. Lyre, from the Musical Instruments series (N82) for Duke brand cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)A game of Blind Man's Buff (or Bluff) at a children's party in the early 19th century. circa 1830Giuseppe Verdi conducting the Paris Opera premiere of Aida at the Palais Garnier on 22 March 1880, Marie, Adrien (1848-1891)Picture series Opera Scenes 1, Tannhaeuser, Wagner, digitally restored reproduction of a collectors picture from ca 1900Giuseppe Verdi conducts his Aida at the Paris Opera, 1880 Date: 1813-1901Musical instruments, woman playing a musical instrument, double bass, historical, digital reproduction of a 19th-century collector's card .The highest musical authorities & critics prefer the 'Sohmer' pianos. , Children, Flowers, Medals, Pianos, 19th Century American Trade CardsHistorisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekanntHausmusik, zwei Frauen mit Klavier und Lie...THE INAUGURAL BANQUET OF THE NATIONAL LIBERAL CLUB AT THE WESTMINSTER AQUARIUM, LONDON, UK, 1883: 1. Mr. Gladstone Speaking. 2. Lord Granville Speaking. 3. Cheering Mr. Gladstone. 4. Ejecting an Intruder.A 1910 colored poster advertising chamber music performances at the Film House Anna Christensen in Vienna, highlighting musical events in a cinematic venue.ViennaAustriaMASSENET, Jules (1842-1912). French opera composer. The mezzosoprano Lucy Arbell as Dulcinea of the opera 'Don Quichotte' (Don Quixote), by Jules Massenet. Front page of the magazine 'Comoedia Illustr_' (1910). Painting.English Boys sport, 1881, English boys rescued from slavery. The Beni Zoug Zoug troupe of acrobats, athlete; gymnast; stunt man; trapezist; freedom; group; assembly; troop; crowdSterling Piano , Children, Pianos, Violins, 19th Century American Trade CardsFrancesco Tamagno and Romilda Pantaleoni rehearsing the opera 'Otello' by Verdi. 1898. Oil on canvas. Milan, Gallini Collection. Italy. Author: FRODA. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. Milan. ITALIA.A man playing a lute, 17th century. Date: 1939Two musicians with signs with inscriptions, presumably French amateur theater players, c. 1900 - c. 1910 photograph The French text on the signs is intentionally spelled incorrectly. Inscription left plate (partly illegible): ... by an accident. Judge: Blind from birth. Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of a family, Distillery Delizy & Doistau Fils, the army and sights in France. France paper. photographic support theatre, theatrical performance. set, scenery ~ stage. string instruments (plucked). wind instruments FranceEtude: October 1945, Conductors & Wind InstrumentsTroubadour, street musician, in France, around 1200, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknownFrancia, Charles Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) conducting the orchestra at the Salle Pleyel in Paris on June 2, 1896Banjo, from the Musical Instruments series (N82) for Duke brand cigarettes 1888 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. American Trade cards from the "Musical Instruments" series (N82), issued in a set of 50 cards in 1888 to promote W. Duke Sons & Co. brand cigarettes.. Banjo, from the Musical Instruments series (N82) for Duke brand cigarettes. 1888. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)The Musicians Mane-Katz (1894-1962 Russian) Oil on canvas Christie's Images, London, England The highest musical authorities & critics prefer the "Sohmer" pianos.. The highest musical authorities & critics prefer the "Sohmer" pianos.France, Paris, Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) conducting the Paris Orchestra, engraving from Monde Illustre by Adrien Marie, 1880The Family Concert. Jan Steen; Dutch, 1626-1679. Date: 1666. Dimensions: 86.6 × 101 cm (34 1/8 × 39 3/4 in.). Oil on canvas. Origin: Holland. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: Jan Steen.Poster from 1900 advertising American magician Harry Kellar, 1849 - 1922. The levitation illusion was one of his most popular.Gold Coin. Gold CoinJohnny Mack, 'Master of the Keyboards' , Musicians, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United StatesHENRY FRAGSON Popular English music hall entertainer, working mostly in France : shot by his psychologically disturbed father when he tried to place him in a home. Date: 1869 - 1913Woman with violin, violin player, virtuoso, stands on stage and gives a concert, visitors in the squares, distinguished people, Austria, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, Woman with violin, violin player, virtuoso, stands on stage and gives a concert, visitors in the squares, distinguished people, Austria, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, EuropeA suggestion to the Buffalo Exposition; - Let us have a chamber of female horrors by Louis Dalrymple, 1866-1905, artist. 1901 Illustration shows Uncle Sam and John Bull leading a group of world leaders walking in the centre aisle between an exhibit of women suffragettes on pedestals; among the figures are Mrs. Faith Healer, Woman Evangelist, Mrs. Lease holding a large rake, and an elderly woman wearing a crown labelled Queen of Holland Dames, as well as one woman labelled D.A.R. Those identified are: Dr. Mary Walker, Belva Lockwood, Susan B. Anthony, E. Cady Stanton, Mrs. Eddy Christian Scientist and Carrie Nation of Kansas holding a large axe.Henri Vieuxtemps, 17 February 1820, 6 June 188, was a Belgian composer and one of the most important violinists of the 19th century, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century master, Record date not statedHouse music, historical engraving, 1869LA ILLUSTRAZIONE ITALIANA - GIUSEPPE VERDI DIRIGE "AIDA" EN LA OPERA DE PARIS - 1880. GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901).Painting of a coffee stall, an intrinsic part of a night out in London during the 1920s and 30s. Entitled, 'We won't go home till morning', this picture shows a number of revellers in fancy dress milling around by the stall. Date: 1930A suggestion to the Buffalo Exposition; - Let us have a chamber of female horrors. Artist Louis Dalrymple (1866-1905). April 3, 1901.A Musical Party, by Gerard van Kuijl, 1651, Dutch painting, oil on canvas. A young man receives a music or singing lesson. He is framed by a woman with a lute, and a man with a cello (BSLOC_2016_3_57)Bowling alley #191 ca 1894. Rehearsal of the Pasdeloup Orchestra at the Cirque d'Hiver; about 1879-80 Oil on canvas John Singer Sargent American; 1856-1925Portada de la revista Música, número uno, editada en Madrid, diciembre de 1944. Ludvig van Beethoven.fine arts, Canals y Llambi, Ricardo, (1876 - 1931), painting, ""Cafe Concert"", Barcelona,Piano player by candlelight. .Dustin, John .Harlem WPA Street Dance. Olds, Elizabeth, 1896-1991. 1935 - 1943. Prints. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Art and Artifacts Division. African Americans, Dance1960s WOMAN MUSICIAN PLAYING LARGE CLASSICAL DOUBLE-ACTION PEDAL HARP INSTRUMENTThe Concert. Dated: 1623. Dimensions: overall: 123.5 × 205 cm (48 5/8 × 80 11/16 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Gerrit van Honthorst.Cafè concert. Date/Period: Ca. 1903. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 510 mm (20.07 in); Width: 660 mm (25.98 in). Author: RICARD CANALS.In the Moulin Rouge , Fine ArtThe Harlin Bros. left to right -- Jimmie, Win, Jay and Herb. Vod-vil and radio artists. Inventors of the now famous Kalinda-Multi-Kord -- the world's greatest Hawaiian Guitar, Indianapolis, Ind. , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United StatesVintage Photograph. Woman in dress sitting in chair playing Grand Pedal Harp. Frame 8A Musical Company. Moicing company. On the left a woman with a lute, right a man with a cello. Between these two at a table gives a man a boy music lesson or singing lessons.Mercadet or Waiting for Godeau, scene from the performance of the Comedie Francaise in 1869, Paris, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century original, exact original date unknown, EuropeFrance, Paris, Christmas Night in Seville, lithograph