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Send in the Clowns!!!
The Circus-Day Paradeby James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916)Oh, the Circus-Day parade! How the bugles played and played!And how the glossy horses tossed their flossy manes, and neighed,As the rattle and...
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Marching to the Sound of a Silent Drummer
A fine of $50 to $100 will beimposed for marching over this bridge in rank and file, or to music, or by keeping regular step when passing over this bridge.Bodies of men or troops mustbe ordered and...
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100 in the Shade
It's hot. Too hot. Even a ride on the trolley car brings no relief. Who needs music when it's so hot?The sun flashes off the shiny brass instruments of the Athens, Pennsylvania Band, whose 17 musicians...
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The Citizens Band
Every band needs the rhythm of a snare drum;Â with alto horns and tenor trombones for the harmony; clarinets for the melody;and a piccolo E-flat clarinet for the descant line;tubas and sousaphones to...
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The Thomas Family Concert Co.
Of all the different genres of vintage musicians in my photograph collection, it is images of the family bands that I find most intriguing. In past times, choosing to make music a family lifestyle was...
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How to Play the Mandolin
The first step towards mastery of the mandolinis developing finger strength.Daily exercises will improve digit dexterity and harden the hand grip.Remember, maintaining good posture is also an important...
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A Red Letter Day
"Now if everyone will just look this way," cried the photographer."That's fine, lads. Keep your instruments at the ready."Â "And if the honorable gentlemen and the little lady would turn toward the...
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Boxed into a Corner
"Now if everyone will just look over there," pointed the photographer."Very nice, ladies. Keep as close together as you can and avoid looking at the flash pan.""No, girls. I don't think that's a...
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Music in the Parlor
A plucky young lass from Carlislestrummed the harp with an angelic style.In the band was her brother,her sister, and others,  and her cousin who played the Base Vile.His name was Valmah.It was hard not...
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The Friendly Maids of WEEI
Music depicts the beauty of sound. And very often beauty portrays the allure of music. A beautiful young violinist turns her gaze away from a moon-like vignette of a man. His name is crudely painted...
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Any Way the Wind Blows
This is an uncommon photograph of a musician. His instrument, an oboe, is rare to find pictured in photographs, but it is because he is actually blowing into it that this becomes an uncommon musical...
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The Kid Band of Caldwell, Ohio
I don't see color very well. It's not because I am colorblind, but because I collect antique photographs that record images only in monotones. Early cameras produced lovely ochres, robust sepias,...
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Music Without Borders
These children have traveled a long way from home. I know where they started, and I know how they joined my photograph collection, but their journey in between is a mystery. Is it mother who draws...
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Music for a Desert Island
This man is a castaway. He was engulfed in a terrible great storm, overwhelmed by terrifying forces, torn apart from friends and family, and yet he still managed the wistful smile of a castaway glad to...
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Winter on the Western Front
Beneath his princely mustache hides the amiable smile of a man who values humor more than propriety. Wit over lecture. Gaiety above sobriety. He is a special kind of musician.He's a drummer.His...
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Das Weihnachtsfest
O Tannenbaum, o TannenbaumWie treu sind deine Blätter!O Christmas tree, o Christmas treeHow loyal are your leaves!++++++ { Try this LINK if the video/music does not play } Du grünst nicht nur zur...
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Ringing in the Year
Prosit Neujahr!Cheers New Year!No musical instrument requires more patience than the triangle, an instrument of unmatched geometric simplicity. It may take only a moment of instruction to learn to play...
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Sticks with Music
"He better get on the stick!" is an odd American expression used to strongly suggest "get back to work!" However these three men take the meaning of work to a new height by literally getting on a...
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Two Brothers in Music
Cute is timeless. Whether it is lovable kittens or adorable children, cuteness transcends language for a universal exclamation of "awwww!" These two young boys, dressed in band uniforms and holding...
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Three German Family Bands
Mother and Father,with zither, violin, and flute.Sister and Brother,with violin and sailor suit.Brother and Brother,with violins too.Together they make a family orchestra posed in a gardenon 21.VI.25...
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