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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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Anton Rubinstein and August Wilhelmj, c1900. Artist: UnknownGiuseppe 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.Islas Baleares. Canción popular mallorquina. Años 1940.Recording a trumpet player using Thomas Edison Phonograph, Paris 1889Sheet music of Hunt the Slipper song. Cobbler, cobbler, mend your shoe, Have it done by half past two, Stitch it up and stitch it down, And then I'll give you half a crown. Date: 1886HECTOR BERLIOZ (1803 -1869) - composing 'Les Troyens'. He composed the score between 1856 and 1858. Date: C.1856Henri-Patrice Dillon (1850-1909). "Rehearsal of the serenade of Jean Jullien, at the Libre theater". Oil on canvas, 1889. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 24951-1 La Serenade, musician, repeat, repeat, musical representation, theaterDancing Snake and Musicians, IndiaAt the Moulin Rouge, Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de, 1890Sheet music for Renard by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) a Russian composer, Pianist, and Conductor. Dated 20th CenturyFriedrich Manz as Gutenberg, at Makart Festival , Victor also, Viktor Angerer -, PhotographerGiacomo Puccini, 1858 1924, Italian composer, digitally edited according to a photograph, notation from the opera La Bohème, Act II, 1895 Giacomo Puccini, 1858 1924, Italian composer, digitally edited according to a photograph, notation from the opera La Bohème, Act II, 1895 Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21660524'Tom, Tom, the piper's son, Stole a pig and away he ran. The pig was eat, and Tom was beat, and Tom went roaring down the street.' B, I, N, G, O, Oh! Bingo was his name. Victorian sheet music and rhyme. Date: 1886Anton Bruckner playing organ, Silhouette print by Hans Schließmann, digitally editedIn the Printemps department store in the boulevard Haussmann, Paris, a gala ballet performance is staged in aid of the French Red Cross Date: 28 May 1924'PUTO CHE SUONA LA GUITARRA' - a young angel plays the lute. Gypsy Musicians of Spain (Spanish Minstrels), John Phillip (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1817 - 1867) 1855Guitarist. .Comedy in Oska; Kamir-Kaufmann, Leon (1872-1933); 1920 (1920-00-00-1920-00-00);Society of Encouragement of Fine Arts (Warsaw - 1860-1940) - collectionThe Seventh Heaven Cabaret, Berlin; Kabaret zum Siebten Himmel, Berlin. Franz Eichhorst (1885-1948). Oil on canvas. Dated 1913. 85 x 121cmSummit Avenue Ensemble, Classic PhotographyBowling Alley, circa 1894CHARLES DICKENS (1812 - 1870) Dickens reading 'The Story of Little Dombey' at St Martin's Hall in 1858. Date: 1858Erik Satie, 1866 - 1925, a French composer and pianist, notesheet for Gymnopédie No. 1, digitally edited, 1909Two Red Heads and a Piano Gina Bernardini (b.1968/American) Acrylic on canvasFERNANDO REY in OUR FATHER (1985) -Original title: PADRE NUESTRO-, directed by FRANCISCO REGUEIRO.Partitura musical de la ópera española "María del Carmen", del maestro Enrique Granados. Barcelona, año 1912.Music and lyrics written by King Henry VIII entitled Passetyme with Goode Company (The Kynges Balade) accompanied by a stylised illustration showing The King conducting a group of musicians. Date: 1934Full page colour advertisement from 1909 for the Gramaphone Companys Pigmy Grand gramophone. Date: June 26th 1909Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). American Politician and lawyer.16th President of the United States. Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865) at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865. Watercolor.Boston Philharmonic Club, circa 1900Mendelssohn Quintette Club of Boston (organized 1849)Partitura musical "Marcha Real Española". Editada por Casa Dotesio, Barcelona. Año 1900.Carmine Theater, Sloan, John, 1912.Front cover of The Sphere Christmas Number featuring a Dutch painting by Terborch of two ladies singing and playing a lute. A servant boy brings in a tray. Decoration by Harold Nelson. Date: 1939PRESENTATION OF ' THE LOVING CUP,' AT THE MANSION HOUSE.Vindobona, Brass InstrumentsMagic poster - The FlintsAdvertisement for the Angelus player-piano, which "instantly removed the necessity of hours of daily practice". From The Sphere, London, 7 December 1901.Cover of the Libretto of opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, Anonymous Carisch and Janichen Musical Instruments, Piano, Harpsichord & OrganThe National Waifs' Association (Dr Barnardo's Homes) - Some of Dr. Barnardo's Musical Boys. Date: circa 1907Partitura musical del tango "Notas sueltas", de Juan Rodrigues. Editada por Breyer Hermanos, de Buenos Aires, año 1915.John Nash, Laughing gas, or A night at the polytechnic