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Subject Singers

1. Godwin Photo 7/4(209)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 7/4(209)
Title:
[Singers and musicians, Ilkley Folk Festival.] Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Inscription: 'CN102-5 / 140 [crossed out] 146 / B3/R/B DOUB 146 [written on ‘Post-it’ note]’. Genre: Portrait Photography A guitarist and accordionist accompany two women singing; in the background there are people sitting and standing on a lawn. (Originally housed in sleeve marked 'Ilkley Fol...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1987
Extent:
1 item

2. Or 14269

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14269
Title:
Atrabu'l-asar fi tezkiret urefa il-edvar - اطرب الآثار في تذكرة عرفاء الادوار
Scope & Content:
This volume contains biographical notices of Ottoman Turkish musicians and singers. The work is also known by the title Tezkire-yi hvanandegan. It was completed in 1127 AH (1715 CE) by the Şeyh-ül-İslâm Mehmet Esat İbn-i İsmail (1096-1166 AH/1685-1753 CE). This remarkable figure was an eminent s...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1201
Extent:
1 text, 49 ff

3. Photo 1224/6(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/6(46)
Title:
Singing girls [Japan]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Numbered 773 in the negative. Studio portrait of a young Japanese woman seated on a tatami mat playing a stringed instrument.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1224/6(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/6(47)
Title:
Singing girls [Japan]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Numbered 776 in the negative. Studio portrait of two Japanese women, posed with musical instruments (a kind of zither and a guitar-like instrument).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1224/6(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/6(48)
Title:
Singing girls [Japan]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Inscribed in Japanese and numbered 483 in the negative. Studio portrait of a Japanese woman, seated with a stringed instrument (a kind of zither) resting on the floor in front of her.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1224/6(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1224/6(50)
Title:
[Japanese] Street singer. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait of a female street singer, posed with a guitar-like instrument (shamisen).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1411(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1411(29)
Title:
Basildon Choir Picnic at Hardwick below Pangbourne. Photographer: Hooper, Willoughby Wallace
Scope & Content:
A choir of 18 people holding sheets of paper. Inscription in ink: ‘Basildon Choir Picnic at Hardwick below Pangbourne’,’ 18-9-79’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1879
Extent:
1 item