Conductor Collection (page 35)

Jullien Covent Garden Concert, 1855
Louis Antoine Julliens performance of the Allied Armies Quadrille at the promenade concert at the Covent Garden Opera House, 1855

Proms at Covent Garden, London, 1887
The promenade concerts, Covent Garden. An orchestra and a selection of musicians in rustic costumes adorn the stage. Date: 1887

A timekeeper: singers in 1831
A robed choirmaster beats time whilst the choir sing lustily. Date: 1831

Liszt conducting at Pest, 1856
Franz Liszt(1811 -1886), Hungarian composer, conducting at Pest in 1856, as viewed from a familys box in the audience. Date: September 1856

Prof. Joseph Joachim - Musician
Professor Joseph Joachim (1831-1907) - Influential Hungarian violinist, conductor and composer. Date: 1902

Julian Clifford conducting at the Royal Hall, Harrogate
Silhouette of Julian Seymour Clifford (1877-1921), English conductor, composer and pianist, conducting an 8pm concert at the Royal Hall (or Kursaal), Harrogate, Yorkshire. 1919

Silhouette of conductor and musicians
Silhouette of a conductor and a musicians, probably on a bandstand. A tuba player can be seen on the left, a cello is leaning up in the middle, and a woman plays the cornet on the right

Silhouette of people on a tram
Silhouette of people on both decks of a tram. A dog is running in front, and a man is running after it, trying to get on board

Berlin Philharmonic under Furtwangler, 1932
Berlin Philharmonic orchestra with Wilhelm Furtwangler(1886-1954) as their conductor, 1932. Date: 1932

View of a ball from below
A quite remarkable and rather wonderful French postcard presenting the view of a ball as could be seen if one were looking upward through a glass floor! Date: circa 1910s

Amazing Thread Trick
How to put a thread into a candle flame without burning it! The silk thread is a good conductor of heat, so it passes the heat to a key and does not get burnt - wow! Date: 1930s

RAILBUS CONDUCTOR
A friendly conductor collecting rail fares on a British Rail Railbus on the Ipswich to Lowestoft line, Suffolk, England. Date: 1980

Tabernacle Choir, Organist and Conductor - Salt Lake City
The Mormon Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The inset portraits show Organist John Jasper J McClellan (1874-1925 - organist between 1900 and 1925)

Clarissima Plane by Balthasar Prasberg
The title page of Clarissima Plane by Balthasar Prasberg. Date: 1504

Bach bicentenary concert, 1885
Orchestra and choir gather to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of composer Johann Sebastian Bach. Date: 1885

Hymnodia Sionia by Praetorius, 1611
Title page of Hymnodia Sionia(1611), by Michael Praetorius. Musicians on earth echo the heavenly music of angels and even King David, as they worship the lamb of God

Von Bulow conducts Piano concerto, 1892
Hans von Bulow(1830-1894), German musician and composer, conducts concerto, with a lady playing the piano. Date: c.1892

Syntagma Musicum by Praetorius, 1620
Title page of Syntagma Musicum(1620), by Michael Praetorius. Musicians on earth echo the heavenly music of angels and even King David, as they worship the lamb of God

President Poincare visiting recaptured Peronne, France
President Raymond Poincare (1860-1934) visiting the recaptured town of Peronne, Somme, northern France, during the First World War

American ladies military band
An American ladies military band, playing in a park. Date: 1900

Music at home - ensemble of children conducted, c. 1870
Children play at being an orchestra-a girl conducts a quintet of children on various musical instruments. c. 1870

Henry Hall and the BBC Dance orchestra, 1935. Date: 1935

Joe Loss and his jazz band, 1936
Joe Loss and his band at the Astoria, 1936. Date: 1936

Richter conducts an orchestra
Hans Richter (1843-1916), conducts a symphony

Conductor and orchestra
A couple mourn the death of a loved one in the upper scene, whilst a conductor on a stage conducts a large choir below. Date: c.1850

Music by King Henry VIII
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

Toscanini conducts, 1912
Characteristic poses of musician Arturo Toscanini(1867-1957)while conducting. Date: 1912

Concert performance, Paris 1843
Concert hall in rue de la Victoire, Paris. Date: 1843

Conductor, choir and orchestra c. 1735
A gentleman(believed to be George Frideric Handel(1685-1759), conducts a musical rehearsal. Date: c.1735

Lightning conductor beside drain pipe on church tower, St. Bartholomews Church, Chipping, Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, England, november

Lightning rod protecting a building from damage by a lightning strike. The lightning rod is the strip of metal (green) to the left of the drainpipe (black)

Printed circuit on a flexible material, for use in a digital camera. A printed circuit (more usually on a rigid board) consists of lines (light orange)

Heat sink plate (metal, centre) on a radio tuner and amplifier circuit board. This is a protective device that absorbs and dissipates excess heat generated by the components of the circuit board

Various transistors

Various capacitors

Native copper. Copper which is found naturally in a pure (chemically uncombined) state is termed " native copper"

Printed circuit, macrophotograph
Photomacrograph (30x) of a printed circuit on a flexible material. A printed circuit consists of lines (light orange) of a metal conductor printed on an insulating material base

Graphene transistor, SEM
Graphene transistor. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a transistor composed of a graphene wire (centre), gold electrodes (dark yellow) and silicon (blue)

Graphene, SEM
Graphene. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a crumpled layer of graphene. Graphene is composed of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb crystal lattice

Superconductor, conceptual image. Computer artwork of swirling colours, representing superconductivity within an object. Superconductivity occurs in certain materials at very low temperatures

The Galvanis experimenting on frogs
Luigi Galvani and his wife Lucia demonstrating contractions of the muscles of the leg of a frog caused by electrical stimulation

Red hot wire ball. Ball of metal gauze glowing red hot under the heat of gas flames

High temperature superconductor. Molecular model of part of the high temperature superconductor, YBCO-6. Superconductors transmit electrical current without any electrical resistance

Superconductor. Molecular model of the crystal structure of magnesium diboride (MgB2), a new super-conductor. Red spheres represent magnesium atoms and purple represent boron atoms

THE GARDEN OF EDEN, 1928. Corinne Griffith and Hank Mann

SAN FRANCISCO: STREETCAR. A cable car on Sutter Street in San Francisco, California, late 19th century. Oil over a photograph

HAROLD LLOYD (1894-1971). American comedian

PAUL WHITEMAN (1890-1967). American musician. Caricature by William Auerbach-Levy

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