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Vintage Music Moments

Historical photographs of musicians and performers at various events, highlighting classic musical performances.

Vintage photograph. Man's hands playing organ

Rudolph Friml Composer of Rose Marie Desert ***** at Fox Studio today. March 09, 1932.

Albert Cazabon. June 22, 1931.

Anefo photo collection. Assignment Dutch Youth Community (saying goodbye Rev. Steinbeek). Jules De Corte performs. September 25, 1964

Anefo photo collection. Jazz concert AMVJ building in Rotterdam. January 10, 1960. Rotterdam, South Holland

Bush Boy at The B.B.C. - Empire Music SupervisorA boy from the Australian bush - Gippsland - is now running the musical services for the British Broadcasting Corporation's Empire Service. He is the tall, sandy, shock-headed Australian, Dr. Hubert Clifford, an Australian of two generations - with also two grandparents Australians and another a great grand parents.Hubert Clifford had a varied career before he was conscripted by Kenneth Wright, director of music for the BBC's Overseas Services. Having been educated at Melbourne High School and Melbourne University, being the holder of a State Scholarship and Exhibition at Trinity College, he took a Science degree in 1924, when he was twenty years old. March 19, 1942. (Photo by British Broadcasting Corporation)

Frank Loesser, 38-years-old Hollywood composer, is being given a special bouquet in the hit-parade - world for his Slow Boat to China, recorded by Kay Kayser, with Danny Kaye making it dreamy and way up on top. Frank's lyrics scored in Moon of Manakoora and I Don't Want to Walk Without You, Baby, But he really hit the headlines during the war with such favorities as Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, and Rodger Young. Busy as he already is, he's working on the songs for Betty Hutton's next picture, Red, Hot and Blue and yet another New York musical. May 24, 1949.

Radio artists, P.B.S., Palestine Broadcasting Service, Jerusalem. 1936, Jerusalem

Anefo photo collection. Rehearsal for program "Marinade". Colea Serban to Piano, Harry de Groot Standing. April 21, 1961

Tom Ewell, starring opposite Marilyn Monroe in the Cinema Scope color comedy, relaxes between scenes on the set of 20th Century - Fox's The Seven Year Itch. March 29, 1955.

Anefo photo collection. Nederlands Student orchestra rehearses (Harpist H. Folmer). January 16, 1959

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Christmas celebration 3-i r.s. in Salatiga. Christmas celebration in hospital. Pianist and violinist. December 24, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Cinema organist Sydney Torch in City Theater. January 11, 1946

Anefo photo collection. Juliette Greco in the Amstelstation. January 25, 1962. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

This is Europe - Series IX Program #13. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Rehearsal, Th. Des Champs Elysees. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

George Geshwin composing at the piano, 1936. GEORGE GERSHWIN.

Anefo photo collection. Pianist Louis van Dijk gets first golden LP in Marina van Dijk, East Loosdrecht; Van Dijk behind piano. January 20, 1971. Loosdrecht, Noord-Holland

This is Europe - Series IX Program #13. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Sammy Price and His All Stars Orchestra. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Central Manhattan Music Center. 1938. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Education, African Americans , Education, Classrooms

Anefo photo collection. Dutch Student Orchestra in Ruinekerk in Bergen. January 3, 1967. Bergen

Anefo photo collection. Guillaume Landre celebrates 40th anniversary as a composer Guillaume Landre to the piano. December 14, 1959

Anefo photo collection. Copper and woodwork work week conductor Thom van Beek with students. March 21, 1964

El músico de jazz y swing Glenn Miller.

Camera In The Strings -- Gregor Piatigorsky pictured while playing with the Philadelphia Orchestra as guest 'cellist - the photographer was one of the orchestra's permanent cellists, Adrian Siegel. September 30, 1949. (Photo by Adrian Siegel, Pictorial Press).

R. J. Boyd, playing fiddle, and Millard Garrett, playing banjo, both from Sandy Mush, North Carolina, at the the Mountain Music Festival, Asheville, North Carolina, 1938-1950.

Anefo photo collection. George Shearing Quintet in Holland, Hermando Peraza (Bongo player) and George Shearing during the rehearsal. September 23, 1962

Photograph of Peter Pears Tries Over an Aria From 'Billy Budd'

FRANK SINATRA and ALEX NICOL in MEET DANNY WILSON (1951), directed by JOSEPH PEVNEY.

The Pipes O'Tom Mackay - Mr. Tom Mackay bring, the atmosphere of the Highland, to his home five Dock, as, he get, in a little practice on his pipe. He'll be a ***** gathering. January 11, 1937.

Samson Francois.

Anefo photo collection. Emmy Verhey (13) Violinist, assignment Telegraaf. September 3, 1962

Anefo photo collection. Night concert by Thelonious Monk in the Concertgebouw. April 15, 1961

1950S Boy In Living Room Practicing Violin With Determined Expression

Elsevier photo collection. Dresdner string quartet. Messrs Fritzsche, Schneider, Riphahn Kropholler. 1925

Anefo photo collection. DS. J. van Dalen, Den Oever with singing saw. November 19, 1953. Den Oever

L to R: Kitty Bluett (Comediene of BBC's 'Ray's a Lauggn'), Trafford Whitelock (BBC Producer), Ray Hartley.Recording ' Australian Starlight in London; Jan. 1953 at the BBC. June 18, 1953.

Otto Goritz

This is Europe - Series IX - Program 4. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Hungary, Budapest, Bela Viktor Janos Bartok while studying a folk instrument

El pianista de jazz Fats Waller (Thomas Wright Waller).

TERESA WRIGHT, FREDRIC MARCH, MYRNA LOY, HAROLD RUSSELL and HOAGY CARMICHAEL in THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946), directed by WILLIAM WYLER.

Anefo photo collection. Donald Johanos HostDirigent Concertgebouw Orchestra, during the rehearsal. February 21, 1963

Anefo photo collection. Poets in Carre, Presentation evening, the oldest participant A. Roland Holst. February 28, 1966

MARCO FERRERI in EL PISITO (1959), directed by MARCO FERRERI.

Max Rostal. March 16, 1955.

Anefo photo collection. Gramophone recording of cabaret nelson with beatrice ribbon (dance). Rudolf Nelson and Beatrice ribbon. August 21, 1953

Anefo photo collection. The Dutch Student Orchestra will rehearse three weeks in the well-known ruin church in Bergen led by the conductor Jan Brussen. Daughter of the conductor Ada Brussen gets behind her father's harp instructions .. January 6, 1964. Bergen, Noord-Holland

United States: c. 1945 Classical pianist Arthur Rubinstein playing for American soldiers.

First Lady Jacqueline Kennedys (JBK) Musical Program for Youth, 10:35AM. President John F. Kennedy (at microphones) delivers remarks at the fourth in First Lady Jacqueline Kennedys series of Musical Programs for Youth by Youth. Members of the National High School Symphony Orchestra from the National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan, sit on the bandstand; orchestra conductor and President of the National Music Camp, Dr. Joseph E. Maddy (arms crossed), stands at far left. South Lawn, White House, Washington, D.C.

Miles Davis in Columbia Records, NYC. 1958.

FATS WALLER - US jazz pianist

Man adjusts folding bellows on a large-format camera. Arnold Eagle (American, 1909 - 1992)

Anefo photo collection. TV Music express. Rosa muscle (Harp) and Willem O. Duys. November 6, 1961

The face behind the handlebar moustache belongs to comedian Jimmy Edwards. But Jim is taking things seriously just at this moment. Playing the bass trombone, he is busy rehearsing with the local band at Barnes, surrey, for a brass band contest to be held at the Central Hall, Westminster, on Saturday week. March 21, 1955. (Photo by Daily Mirror)

***** here" Constaace W. B. Clarke of the ***** band cup the baritone saxophone for little Brenda Henderson an ***** of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for children.The band attended for the general meeting of the board. October 27, 1938.

Trip to New York City: Madison Square Garden, Birthday Salute to President Kennedy, 8:50PM. Actor, Elliott Reid, performs at a Democratic Party fund-raising dinner and birthday salute to President John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.

Anefo photo collection. Arnhems Youth Orchestra Series 6/6. December 19, 1956

The spanish flamenco singer El Chocolate (Antonio Núñez Montoya) during a performance.

A. Megerlin with violin

Anefo photo collection. Theo van der Bijl 16 November next 50 years of conductor. November 12, 1962

Anefo photo collection. Rehearsal for program "Marinade". Colea Serban to piano. April 21, 1961

Co-operative Youth Summer Schools- Education and Entertainment, Craig School, Windermere, England, UK, 1943 Young people attending the Co-Operative Union Summer School stand around the piano, being played by a music teacher, (probably Mr Dawn of St George's Co-Educational School in Harpenden), and sing. They have an 'official' music group and choir at the school, with hours of practice, but the teacher also plays the piano for a more general evening sing-song. The original caption states that English, Scottish and Welsh songs were all very popular and sometimes a group of Welsh girls would sing in their own language to the rest of the group.

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chartres. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Gramophone recording of cabaret nelson with beatrice ribbon (dance). Rudolf Nelson. August 21, 1953

Peter Coleman, Vic Lewis's drummer was winner All-Britain amateur drumming competition 1946. May 02, 1949.

12/31/1916. Film about Goya Narrated by the Count of Foxa.

"50 Years of US Art" Exhibit. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Gala Premiere Show Hermans in Maastricht. Toon Hermans in his show. August 9, 1968. Limburg, Maastricht

Anefo photo collection. Entry Dutch Student Orchestra in Bergen Rehearsals N.S.O. In Ruin Church, with student hat on rehearsing with horn. January 3, 1969. Bergen

Furtwangler Conducts. June 11, 1948.

Carl Braun at piano

The Oxford and Bermondsey Boys' Clubs- the work of Boys Clubs in Bermondsey, London, England, UK, 1944 Boys at the Canterbury Club of the Oxford and Bermondsey Boys Club take part in a sing-song round the piano. The Canterbury Club is on Webb Street, Bermondsey.

Michael baker, rehearsal for the concert, royal festival hall, london, april 25, 1968

Anefo photo collection. Test amateur jordan singers for gramophone records. February 7, 1955

Prodigy Violinist Rehearses For First Concert in London.A study of Christian Ferras during rehearsal at Central Hall this morning *****.Christian Ferras, the 14-year-old French boy prodigy violinist, hailed in Paris as a second Yehudi Menuhin, was rehearsing at Central Hall, Westminster, this morning (Saturday) for his concert with the London Symphony Orchestra on Monday. He has been playing in Paris since he was nine years old. November 1, 1947. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

"Skin of our Teeth" Dress Rehearsal. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Organist For 50 Years At St. James' Church -- St. James' Church, King Street, organist, Mr. George Allman, who is celebrating 50 years association with the church, at the Console of the church organ last night. A man who has probably been to more weddings than any other person in Australia is ***** Organist At St. James' Church, King Street.He is Mr. George Faunce Allman, 74 who began his career in the accountancy section of a Sydney Shipping Company. January 15, 1955.

Paco Toronjo and Segundo Zarza in the flamenco fortnight at the Lope de Vega theater in Seville, in December 1982. Photo: Vilches.

Furtwangler Conducts. June 11, 1948.

Here Comes the Band - Sweden. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Close-up of a violinist playing a violin

His First Visit: Getting ready for his first appearance in Britain is young Australian pianist Manfred Clynes, who has just come to London from a ***** European tour including Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland and Holland. Watched by wife, Renate, he is seen rehearsing at the Royal Festival Hall. London, where on the Tuesday (September 29) he is to play the Gold berg Variations, an aria with 30 variations, by J.S. Bach. September 26, 1953. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Dominici on TrialThe murder weapon was 1944 American army carbine, the grease on which was similar to some found at Son Clovis home.The third day of the trial of Gaston Dominici being held at Digne, France, today.Dominici, 77-year-old farmer, is accused of murdering Sir Jack and Lady Drummond and their daughter, Elizabeth, aged 11. The couple were found clubbed to death as they camped near the Dominici farm at Lurs on August 1952. September 21, 1955. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).

This is Europe - Radio Program. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Playwright At The Piano -- Christopher Fry plays the piano well. He likes to improvise, mostly jazz tunes popular in the 30's. For some of his earlier plays he has composed the music himself. September 5, 1951. (Photo by Tom Blau, Camera Press).

MAXIMILIAN SCHELL and ANNETTE GORMAN in FIVE FINGER EXERCISE (1962), directed by DANIEL MANN.

Anefo photo collection. Gala Premiere Show Hermans in Maastricht. Toon Hermans in his show. August 9, 1968. Limburg, Maastricht

Eric Bush; Galdy MoncrieffAnd Next week Time Will Knock again, for Gladys Moncrieff, "Our Gald," the "Australian Songbird" turns 74. April 26, 1937. (Photo by S.J. Hood)

Anefo photo collection. Avro Weekend Show, Johnny Kraaijkamp. October 3, 1959

The fleet musician..

Vintage Photograph. Bass Drummer with band.

Anefo photo collection. The pianist R. Brautigam. December 4, 1981

Orson Welles performs on the CBS Radio in 1938. FIRST PERSON SINGULAR, presented hour long dramatic adaptions from popular literary works from July-Sept. 1938, followed by The MERCURY THEATER ON THE AIR. The famous broadcast of H.G. Wells, WAR OF THE WORLDS, created public panic on October 30, 1938, when some listeners mistook the fiction as breaking news (BSLOC_2018_3_25)

Louis Saillant. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Started On False Note - Al Costello, of Moore Park, heavy-weight wrestler, expects to make his debut as a film star in a film depicting the lives of explorers, Burke and Wills.The film will be made next year by American producer John Calvert who will produce it for world distribution.Burke and Wills were lost in 1861 on an expedition across Australia.Mr. Costello is 30, weighs 16st 81b, is 5ft 9in tall, possesses (according to himself) a fine tenor voice.Said Mr. Costello:"Mr. Calvert knows I can't act but he said that doesn't matter."I haven't an idea of the character I'm going to play. He's a baddie that's all I know. His name isn't Burke, and it isn't Wills. September 10, 1950.

1970s MIDDLE-AGED MAN ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR CONDUCTING A SYMPHONY WEARING A TUXEDO BRIGHT LIGHTS BEHIND HIM DEMONSTRATIVE GESTURES

Anefo photo collection. Action Youp van 't Hek comedy i.v.m. closure; Discussion politics. 22 February 1988. Amsterdam

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