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The operatic war in New York / J.K.

The operatic war in New York / J.K.

Print shows a clash between the Academy of Music and the Metropolitan Opera, with Henry E. Abbey, opera singers, conductors, and orchestras; some of the identified figures include Marcella Sembrich, Sofia Scalc... More

Hans von Bülow Orchestra and Military Band

Hans von Bülow Orchestra and Military Band

Y33816 U.S. Copyright Office "At the Trocadero, Michigan Ave. & Monroe St. : greatest show in town : comforts of European music halls." "Every evening at 8 pm; matinees, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:3... More

Eleven musicians posed with their musical instruments, in the Washington, D.C. area

Eleven musicians posed with their musical instruments, in the Washingt...

National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph of theatrical production, cabaret, musical, performance, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra - Frank Foti, conductor

Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra - Frank Foti, conductor

Poster for Federal Music Project presentation of the Bridgport Symphony Orchestra at Pleasure Beach Park, Bridgeport, Conn., showing man in medieval costume blowing a horn. Work Projects Administration Poster C... More

Chicago Orchestra, founded by Theodore Thomas, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Feb. 5, 1907

Chicago Orchestra, founded by Theodore Thomas, Orchestra Hall, Chicago...

H90562 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; February 18, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43147.337. Copyright claimant's address: Chicago, New York, Washington. No. 9033.

Hamilton Hotel, 15th and K Sts., N.W. Orchestra in dining room of Hamilton Hotel II

Hamilton Hotel, 15th and K Sts., N.W. Orchestra in dining room of Hami...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago Orchestra, founded by Theodore Thomas, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Feb. 5, 1907

Chicago Orchestra, founded by Theodore Thomas, Orchestra Hall, Chicago...

H90562 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Geo. R. Lawrence Co.; February 18, 1907; DLC/PP-1907:43147.337. Copyright claimant's address: Chicago, New York, Washington. No. 9033.

Lennox Hill settlement orchestra

Lennox Hill settlement orchestra

Photograph shows children's orchestra performing on stage. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra - Frank Foti, conductor

Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra - Frank Foti, conductor

Poster for Federal Music Project presentation of the Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra at Wilton Town Hall, showing black bears dancing on musical notes. Sponsored by the Wilton PTA. Work Projects Administration Po... More

Let 'er go, Professor! / L.M. Glackens.

Let 'er go, Professor! / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt at the "Congressional Vaudeville" conducting an orchestra with a large stick labeled "The Big Stick", with two band members, Elihu Root and William H. Taft perfor... More

Hamilton Hotel, 15th and K Sts., N.W. Orchestra in dining room of Hamilton Hotel I

Hamilton Hotel, 15th and K Sts., N.W. Orchestra in dining room of Hami...

Public domain photograph of hotel lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gorton's Original New Orleans Minstrels

Gorton's Original New Orleans Minstrels

Includes small portraits of Jos. Gorton and Chas. H. Larkin. 8070 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Grand opening scene "Massive festooned curtains of cure creme satin." Gorton's famous cornet sextette. Gorton's s... More

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee (formerly of Primrose & West).

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee (formerly of Primrose & West).

34417 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: A grand up to date first part with the leading comedians, vocalists, and the greatest orchestra ever heard in minstrelsy. Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith.... More

A bad outlook for harmony / L.M. Glackens.

A bad outlook for harmony / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows President Taft struggling to conduct an orchestra composed of two groups of musicians, on the left, playing the "Eastern Conservatism" on stringed instruments are "Root, Crane, Smoot, Depew, ... More

The Athletic & Recreation Dept. presents Nassau Suffolk W.P.A. Symphony Orchestra Guest artist Jeanne Gordon, soprano - Christos Vrionides, conductor : Popular & semi-classic music.

The Athletic & Recreation Dept. presents Nassau Suffolk W.P.A. Symphon...

Poster announcing concert by the Nassau Suffolk W.P.A. Symphony Orchestra at the Post Gym at Mitchel Field. Date stamped on verso: May 14 1941. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee (formerly of Primrose & West).

William H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee (formerly of Primrose & West).

34417 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: A grand up to date first part with the leading comedians, vocalists, and the greatest orchestra ever heard in minstrelsy. Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith.... More

Her majesty led this strange orchestra

Her majesty led this strange orchestra

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1937:0027). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Von Nipkin's Defeat" by Boudinot Cole, Harper's young people, 9:757 (Aug. 28, 1888).

Hamilton Hotel, 15th and K Sts., N.W. Orchestra in dining room of Hamilton Hotel I

Hamilton Hotel, 15th and K Sts., N.W. Orchestra in dining room of Hami...

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Department of Public Recreation presents Sioux Citys [sic] 1940 music week Bands, choirs, choruses, quartets, orchestras.

Department of Public Recreation presents Sioux Citys [sic] 1940 music ...

Poster announcing the Sioux City Dept. of Public Recreation presentation of music week at Central High. Date stamped on verso: May 9 1940. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Bernstein departing for Israel to assume duties as musical director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO). He is carrying recordings he made with American orchestras to present to the IPO Music Library. The recordings include Gershwin's An American in Paris. Marc Blitzstein's Airborne Symphony and Igor Stravinsky's L'histoire du Soldat. September 17, 1948. Photograph source: Enell, Inc. (Music Division)

Bernstein departing for Israel to assume duties as musical director of...

From: Photographs Series Public domain photograph - historical image of Russian Empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The country choir - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

The country choir - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Photograph shows women and men singing and playing musical instruments. C270 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 346. Stereoscopic Treasures. Row 1 (left to right): Miss Renfrew, Mrs. Franklin Weller, William J. Bellow... More

[Happy Walker's Madrillion Society Orchestra, Washington, D.C.]

[Happy Walker's Madrillion Society Orchestra, Washington, D.C.]

Eleven musicians posed with their musical instruments. National Photo Company Collection.

American music festival - Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra - Frank Foti, conductor

American music festival - Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra - Frank Foti, ...

Poster for Federal Music Project's American Music Festival presentation of the Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra, featuring the suite, "Through the Looking Glass" by Taylor, and piano soloist Rudolph Gruen. Poster ... More

Theodore Thomas and his orchestra at Steinway Hall, N.Y. / Bolles, fecit., Bklyn.

Theodore Thomas and his orchestra at Steinway Hall, N.Y. / Bolles, fec...

Copyright by Bolles, Brooklyn. Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gorton's Original New Orleans Minstrels

Gorton's Original New Orleans Minstrels

Includes small portraits of Jos. Gorton and Chas. H. Larkin. 8070 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Grand opening scene "Massive festooned curtains of cure creme satin." Gorton's famous cornet sextette. Gorton's s... More

Let 'er go, Professor! / L.M. Glackens.

Let 'er go, Professor! / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt at the "Congressional Vaudeville" conducting an orchestra with a large stick labeled "The Big Stick", with two band members, Elihu Root and William H. Taft perfor... More

Personnel of National High School Orchestra, Interlochen, Mich., 1930

Personnel of National High School Orchestra, Interlochen, Mich., 1930

J0 6502 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Spencer & Wyckoff; July 18, 1930.

Sixth Symphony Concert, Greek Theatre,  Panoramic Photograph

Sixth Symphony Concert, Greek Theatre, Panoramic Photograph

H78303 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 28, 1906. No. 501.

All-girl's band supplies music for "Mr. Wu" film

All-girl's band supplies music for "Mr. Wu" film

Lon Chaney as "Mr. Wu" conducts orchestra of women. National Photo Company collection. Photo from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. MGM 5731.

[Isham Jones and his orchestra] / Mabel Sykes, Chicago.

[Isham Jones and his orchestra] / Mabel Sykes, Chicago.

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Her majesty led this strange orchestra

Her majesty led this strange orchestra

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1937:0027). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Von Nipkin's Defeat" by Boudinot Cole, Harper's young people, 9:757 (Aug. 28, 1888).

Florence military prison series - "Our orchestra"

Florence military prison series - "Our orchestra"

Photograph of drawing by James E. Taylor shows orchestra of three violins, one flute, one guitar, and sticks playing for an audience of prisoners and soldiers at prison camp in Florence, S.C.

Fifth Symphony Concert, Greek Theatre, May 15, '06

Fifth Symphony Concert, Greek Theatre, May 15, '06

H78121 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 22, 1906. No. 500.

Das allegrösste Bilder ABC. M bei Winckelmann & Söhne in Berlin

Das allegrösste Bilder ABC. M bei Winckelmann & Söhne in Berlin

Print shows the letter "M" formed by two men leaning on swords, with examples "Melkerinn" showing a young woman, dairymaid, milking a cow; "Mexicaner" showing a Mexican family, the man on the left with bow, arr... More

Electric Institute of Washington. Copy of all-girl orchestra

Electric Institute of Washington. Copy of all-girl orchestra

Public domain photograph of commerce and advertising, 1920s-1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reminiscences of a fancy dress ball, in Philadelphia, February 1850 / drawn from nat: & on stone by C. Harnisch ; P.S. Duval's steam lith. Press, Philada.

Reminiscences of a fancy dress ball, in Philadelphia, February 1850 / ...

Print shows a crowd at "Masonic Hall" during "Naylor's Grand Fancy Dress Party", a masquerade with an orchestra playing on the right as revelers mingle on the main floor and on the balconies. [Source: Library C... More

Hamilton Hotel, 15th and K Sts., N.W. Orchestra in dining room of Hamilton Hotel II

Hamilton Hotel, 15th and K Sts., N.W. Orchestra in dining room of Hami...

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Pupils of the National Institute of Music and Arts - guitar orchestra, main school, Los Angeles, March 23, 1940

Pupils of the National Institute of Music and Arts - guitar orchestra,...

Children seated on lawn, with guitars and amplifiers, and others with guitars standing behind them. J30158 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo by News Pictures, Ltd., Los Angeles. Copyright by NIOMA.