Playing An Instrument Collection (#25)

Euterpe (Euterpe XVIII), ca. 1465-67. Creator: Master of the E-Series Tarocchi
Euterpe (Euterpe XVIII), ca. 1465-67

Kirghiz Individuals: a Singer, 1870. Creator: LK Poltoratskaia
Kirghiz Individuals: a Singer, 1870

The Bone Player, 1857. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Adolphe Lafosse
The Bone Player, 1857

Nebuchadnezzar from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836. Creator: John Thompson
Nebuchadnezzar from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836

The Wedding Night from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836. Creator: Cherrier
The Wedding Night from The Complete Works of Beranger, 1836

Pendant Shaped like a Beetle with a Couple and a Young Man Playing an Instrument, 1619

A bas-relief depicting a satyr at left holding two infants, another child satyr to right, dancing to the sound of the sistrum played by the woman in center, around the relief

Two Elegantly Dressed Men and a Woman in a Garden, 1613-41. Creator: Jan van de Velde II
Two Elegantly Dressed Men and a Woman in a Garden, 1613-41. After Esaias van de Velde

Lithographic Plates, 1850. Creator: Alexandre DesireCollette
Lithographic Plates, 1850. [J.H. Maury, Laureat du Concours de 1849. Eleve de Mr Meifred, Professeur au Conservatoire]

Saint Cecilia playing the organ with two putti at right, ca. 1631

American Balloon; American Playing Cello; Bamboo, 10th month, 1861

Orpheus, dated 1528. Creator: Agostino Veneziano
Orpheus, dated 1528

Small drums, fiddle, horn, triangle lute and bagpipes; Olomouc Bible, 1417, 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner. [Spring Books, London, 1948]

Chinese lute p i-p a, moon guitar yue-chin and table zither tchin; detail of a painting on silk of the Ming dynasty (1330-1644). 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr

Egyptian arched harp, lute, double oboe and lyre; tomb painting in Veset (Thebes) c.1420-1411 B.C, 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner

Eliane Elias, Jazz Cafe, Camden, London, July 1991. Artist: Brian O Connor
Eliane Elias, Jazz Cafe, Camden, London, July 1991

Dizzy Gillespie and Chuck Mangione
Dizzy Gillespie, American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer and singer, with Chuck Mangione, Royal Festival Hall, London, July 1985

Johnny Dankworth, Ronnie Scotts, Soho, London, 1973. Artist: Brian O Connor
Johnny Dankworth, Ronnie Scott s, Soho, London, 1973

Steve Swallow, Ronnie Scotts, London, 1999. Artist: Brian O Connor
Steve Swallow, Ronnie Scott s, London, 1999

Art Blakey on stage with the Jazz Messengers at the Forum Theatre
Drummer Art Blakey on stage with the Jazz Messengers at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 30 November 1978

The Ronnie Scott Quintet at the Forum Theatre, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 29 November 1985. Ronnie Scott (tenor saxophone) and Dick Pearce (trumpet)

Maynard Ferguson playing the trumpet. Artist: Denis Williams
Maynard Ferguson playing the trumpet

Barbara Thompson, Knebworth Jazz Festival, Hertfordshire, July, 1981

Ronnie Scott, Ronnie Scotts, London, 1992. Artist: Brian O Connor
Scott Ronnie, Ronnie Scott s, London, 1992

Van Riebeck Entertains the Hottentots, 1909. Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton
Van Riebeck Entertains the Hottentots, 1909. In 1651 Van Riebeck (1619-1677), volunteered to undertake the command of the initial Dutch settlement in the future South Africa

Amor Mundi. From Christine Rossettis Poem. c1850-1900, (1923). The tone of the poem in general describes in loss of hope and misery

A Rare Petit Point Picture of the Period of Charles I, 17th century, (1936). From The Connoisseur, Vol. 98, edited by H. Granville Fell. [International Studio, London, 1936]

Storming of the Dargai Heights by the 1st Gordon Highlanders and the Gurkhas, 1897 (1906). Figthing between British troops and Afridi tribesmen on the North-West Frontier during the Tirah Campaign

Saint Cecilia with an angel holding a musical score, 1617-1618. Artist: Domenichino
Saint Cecilia with an angel holding a musical score, 1617-1618. Painting housed at the Louvre, Paris. From A History of Painting, Volume III by Haldane MacFall. [T. C. and E. C

Julian Arguilles, 2016. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Julian Arguilles with Frankfurt Radio Band Band featuring Django Bates, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 2016

Arturo Sandoval, 2013. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Arturo Sandoval, Bristol Jazz and Blues Festival 2013

Kandace Springs, 2017. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Kandace Springs, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 2017

Esperanza Spalding, 2014. Artist: Alan John Ainsworth
Esperanza Spalding, with Jack DeJohnette, Joe Lovano, Leo Geovese, Gateshead International Jazz Festival, 2014

Richard Tarleton, The Actor, (1897) Creator: Unknown
Richard Tarleton, The Actor, (1897). English actor Richard Tarlton (or Tarleton, died 1588), was the most famous clown of his time. His comic doggerel verse came to be known as Tarltons

A Lady Standing at the Virginals, c1670-1672, (c1950). Creator: Jan Vermeer
A Lady Standing at the Virginals, c1670-1672, (c1950). A Young Woman standing at a Virginal, painting in the National Gallery, London

A Group of Angels, 15th century, (c1909). Artist: Fra Angelico
A Group of Angels, 15th century, (c1909)

George Frederick Handel, c1720, (1919)
George Frederick Handel, (1919). German baroque composer Handel (1685-1759) lived much of his life in England, where he composed his masterpiece, Messiah

Detail from the Coronation of the Virgin, 15th century, (c1909). Artist: Fra Angelico
Detail from the Coronation of the Virgin, 15th century, (c1909)

Two Angels with Trumpets, 15th century, (c1909). Artist: Fra Angelico
Two Angels with Trumpets, 15th century, (c1909)

A bagpiper;Joza Uprka (1861-1940), 1948. Artist: Joza Uprka
A bagpiper; Joza Uprka (1861-1940), 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner. [Spring Books, London, 1948]

Lutes and violin; unknown Italian painter of the seventeenth century, 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner. [Spring Books, London, 1948]

Lute; unknown painter of the seventeenth century, 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner. [Spring Books, London, 1948]

Soprano recorders and bagpipes; Brussels gobelin designed by Jacobus Jordaens, 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner. [Spring Books, London, 1948]

Transverse flute, xylophone, viola and violin; unknown Czech painter of the second half of the seventeenth century, 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner

Musicians from Hroznova Lhota: clarinet, violin and double bass. (1861-1940), 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner. [Spring Books, London, 1948]

Violin; Nicola Amati, Cremona; seventeenth century, 1948. Artist: Johann Georg Platzer
Violin; Nicola Amati, Cremona; seventeenth century, 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner. [Spring Books, London, 1948]

Dulcimer (tympanum), French engraving of the seventeenth century, 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner. [Spring Books, London, 1948]

Seventeenth century dulcimer from H. Boddingtons collection, 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner. [Spring Books, London, 1948]

Pedal harp with hook action; coloured engraving from the end of the eighteenth century, 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner. [Spring Books, London, 1948]

Slovak fuyara, bagpipes and pipe. Sketch for sgraffito work on the bridge in Piest any
Slovak fuyara, bagpipes and pipe. Sketch for sgraffito work on the bridge in Pies t any, by State Prize laureate Martin Benko, 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr

Trumscheit (tromba marina); engraving from F. Bonannis book Cabinetto armonico, Rome, 1722, 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner. [Spring Books, London, 1948]

Oliphants and crots; Scriptum super apocalypsim, from the end of the fourteenth century. 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner. [Spring Books, London, 1948]

Bukal; eighteenth century French engraving, 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner. [Spring Books, London, 1948]

Trumpets, kettle-drum, violin, shawm, lute and viola da gamba, 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner. [Spring Books, London, 1948]

Flute, violin and chitarrone (George Frederick Handel as a young musician in Hamburg); eighteenth century French engraving, 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner

Lute, violin and black (curved) zink; Italian engraving of the year 1784, 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner. [Spring Books, London, 1948]

Lute: Krumlov chrestomathy of the beginning of the fifteenth century, 1948. From Musical Instruments Through the Ages, by Dr. Alexander Buchner. [Spring Books, London, 1948]

The Jews Harp, c1808. Artist: Edward Smith
The Jews Harp, c1808. Engraving after a painting in Sudley House, Liverpool

Scottish soldiers, 14 July 1919. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Playing the Virginal in Olden Times, c1934. Illustration showing a woman playing the virginal, also known as the clavicymbal. The accompanying text describes the mechanism

Never any lack of company, 1940. From Life in the A.T.S. booklet on the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), in Tucks Better Little Book series

How Handels Harpischord Worked, c1934. Illustration showing the workings of a harpsichord such as George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) would have used

Stanley Cowell, Brecon Jazz Festival, Brecon, 12 August, 2005. Artist: Brian O Connor
Stanley Cowell, Brecon Jazz Festival, Brecon, 12 August 2005

Iain Ballamy, Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex, Spetmeber, 1989. Artist: Brian O Connor
Iain Ballamy, Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex, September, 1989

Barbara Dennerlein, Ronnie Scotts, Soho, London, July, 1992. Artist: Brian O Connor
Barbara Dennerlein, Ronnie Scott s, Soho, London, July 1992

Slide Hampton, Brecon Jazz Festival, Powys, Wales, August 12, 2005. Artist: Brian O Connor
Slide Hampton, Brecon Jazz Festival, Powys, Wales, August 12, 2005

Nat Adderley, Jazz Cafe, London, May, 1993. Artist: Brian O Connor
Nat Adderley, Jazz Cafe, London, May 1993

Terence Blanchard, Ronnie Scotts, Soho, London, April, 1984. Artist: Brian O Connor
Terence Blanchard, Ronnie Scott s, Soho, London, April, 1984

Mario Castronari, Fairfield Halls, Croydon, June, 1990. Artist: Brian O Connor
Mario Castronari, Fairfield Halls, Croydon, June, 1990

Freddie Hubbard, Roundhouse, London, November, 1977. Artist: Brian O Connor
Freddie Hubbard, Roundhouse, London, November 1977

Regina Carter, Ronnie Scotts, Soho, London, October, 2000. Artist: Brian O Connor
Regina Carter and Werner Gierig, Ronnie Scott s, Soho, London, October, 2000

Jack Wilson, Tenor Clef, Hoxton Square, London, December 1991. Artist: Brian O Connor
Jack Wilson, Tenor Clef, Hoxton Square, London, December 1991

James Williams, Tenor Clef, Hoxton Square, London, April 1991. Artist: Brian O Connor
James Williams, Tenor Clef, Hoxton Square, London, Apilr 1991

Ken Peplowski, Scot Hamilton and Harry Allen, Brecon Jazz Festival, Powys, Wales, Aug 1998

Mornington Lockett, Watermill Dorking, May 2000. Artist: Brian O Connor
Mornington Lockett, Watermill Dorking, May 2000

Mornington Lockett, Watermill Dorking, January 2000. Artist: Brian O Connor
Mornington Lockett, Watermill Dorking, January 2000

Peter King, Brecon Jazz Festival, Powys, Wales, August 2006. Artist: Brian O Connor
Peter King, Brecon Jazz Festival, Powys, Wales, August 2006

Woody Herman, Ronnie Scotts, London, 1977. Artist: Brian O Connor
Woody Herman, Ronnie Scott s, London, 1977

Scott Hamilton, Masonic Halls, Tunbridge Wells, 2000. Artist: Brian O Connor
Scott Hamilton, Masonic Halls, Tunbridge Wells

Scott Hamilton, Watermill Dorking, March 2000. Artist: Brian O Connor
Scott Hamilton, Watermill Dorking, March 2000

Dave Green, Watermill Dorking, September 2000. Artist: Brian O Connor
Dave Green, Watermill Dorking, September 2000

Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Scotts, London, July 2000. Artist: Brian O Connor
Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Scott s, London, July 2000

Eddie Gomez and Martin Taylor, Ronnie Scotts, London, July 2000. Artist: Brian O Connor
Eddie Gomez, Ronnie Scott s, London, July 2000

Eddie Gomez, Royal Festival Hall London, July 1988. Artist: Brian O Connor
Eddie Gomez, Royal Festival Hall London, July 1988

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"Capturing the Soul of Music: A Journey Through Time and Melody" In Ronnie Scotts, London, 1994, artist Brian O'Connor immortalizes the passion and skill of musicians as they harmonize with their instruments. The vibrant energy emanating from the stage transports us to a world where music becomes an extension of our very being. Pat Martino's performance in 2009, captured by Alan John Ainsworth, showcases the profound connection between musician and instrument. Each note reverberates through his guitar strings, creating a symphony that resonates deep within our souls. Traveling back to Christmas Eve c1915, Stanhope A Forbes paints a heartwarming scene where music unites loved ones during times of joy and celebration. The melodies fill the air with warmth and nostalgia as families gather around pianos or violins to create cherished memories. McCoy Tyner's mesmerizing performance at Newport Jazz Festival in July 1978 captivates audiences with his mastery over the piano keys. Ayresome Park in Middlesbrough becomes a sanctuary for jazz enthusiasts who lose themselves in Tyner's spellbinding improvisations. "The Gordon Highlanders, " painted by an unknown artist in 1939, depicts Piper Findlater winning the V. C. At Dargai in 1897. His bagpipes become more than just an instrument; they embody courage and resilience as he leads his comrades into battle with unwavering determination. The Band of Coldstream Guards marching past Buckingham Palace during Trooping the Colour rehearsals symbolizes tradition and honor. Their synchronized movements echo through London streets while their instruments evoke pride among onlookers witnessing this grand display. Johan Zoffany's masterpiece "The Sharp Family" captures a moment frozen in time - a family united by their love for music-making. In this enchanting painting from 1779-1781 (1942), we witness how music transcends generations, bringing joy and harmony to every member of the family.