Performance art; Performances; Painting; Body painting; Locomotion; Human locomotion; Artists; Men; Dandies; Women; Nudes; Audiences; Spectators; Orchestras; Music ensembles; Musicians; Sitting; Musical instruments; Clothing & dress; Suits...
"This performance exemplifies Klein's participation in the masculinist tradition of the dandy. The self-contained male, renouncing biological productivity (symbolized by the 'fecundity' of the paint-covered women launching themselves at...
Today show (Television program); Broadcasting; Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Orchestras; University of Louisville--Buildings; Buildings;
A cameraman films an orchestra (perhaps the University orchestra) assembled under a tree outside the Administration Building (Grawemeyer Hall). They probably performed music for the "Today" television show, with host Dave Garroway, which...
Buildings; Hotels; Henry Clay Building (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 604 S. Third Street. The ballroom of the Henry Clay Hotel included numerous windows and chandeliers as well as a raised stage area for orchestra or other performers. According to the Louisville Guide, the ballroom was capable of holding...
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Rialto Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 616 S. Fourth Street (Demolished, 1969). This view of the Rialto Theatre stage was probably taken from the balcony and shows an elegant stage, with orchestra pit and music stands. The stage is framed by an ornately tiled arch and the walls...
Buildings; Theaters; Cultural facilities; Rialto Theatre (Louisville, Ky.)
Address: 616 S. Fourth Street (Demolished, 1969). This view of the Rialto Theatre stage was probably taken from the balcony and shows an elegant stage, with orchestra pit. The stage is framed by an ornately tiled arch and two box seats....
Buildings; Automobiles; Transportation; Dance halls; Garages; Electric signs; Signs (Notices)
Address: southeast corner of Third and Guthrie Streets, Louisville, Kentucky. The Madrid Ballroom, labeled with a neon sign indicating "Madrid / Dancing," opened in September 1929 as a dance hall in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. White...
Advertisements on the back of taxicabs, one for Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra and one for Mobil gasoline. The taxis are parked on a brick street.
Caption on left: Ray O'Neal and His Recording Orchestra. Seven members of a band on stage in white coats and ties. Five of them sit behind stands that read "Ray O'Neal" and include a musical note. A sixth man sits at a piano in the...
Portraits; Men; Musicians; Jazz musicians; Contracts
Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpet player and orchestra leader of Ashland, Kentucky, looking over a contract with Blondy Robinson and Al Beilin. The photograph has been painted on and yellowing from age. Stamped on back of image: May 3, 1932; Robert Stigers...
Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpet player and orchestra leader of Ashland, Kentucky, wearing a suit and tie. The photograph has been cut out so that only he is visible, painted on, and yellowing from age. Stamped on back of image: April 23, 1932....
Portraits; Men; Musicians; Jazz musicians; Trumpets
Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpet player and orchestra leader of Ashland, Kentucky, wearing a tuxedo and holding a trumpet. The photograph has been cut so that only he is visible and marked with discolorations. Stamped on back of image: April 4, 1930.
Dance; Dancers; University of Louisville. School of Music; University of Louisville--Students;
Dancers from the University of Louisville's Preparatory Dance Department rehearsing for a performance of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas. The opera was performed on April 1 and 2, 1979 by the University of Louisville School of Music's Opera...
Drawing depicting the interior of a theatre, including the stage (featuring three actors in the interior of a home with hearth, pots and pans on the wall, and spinning wheel); proscenium arch; ceiling; box seats along the side; orchestra pit; and...
Five-member orchestra with four men and one women, all dressed formally. One man sits at piano while the others have a bass, guitar, and oboe. The woman wears an accordion on a strap. A banner in front reads "Don Torres."
Posters; Portrait photographs; Men; African Americans; Brewing industry
Framed picture of an African American man holding a saxophone and a glass of Oertels '92 beer. The picture is labeled Louis Jordan… Orchestra Leader, Star of Radio, Stage, Screen and TV. Title supplied by cataloger.
Entertainers; Musicians; Big bands; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra; Celebrities; Concerts; Audiences
Frank Sinatra onstage accompanied by Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra at the Jefferson County Armory. Dorsey has his back to the audience and stands in front of the other musicians while Sinatra faces the audience while gripping the stand of a microphone....
Full-length portrait of conductor Don Philippini, leader of an eponymous symphony orchestra that toured the American South. Although this portrait is inscribed January 11, 1908, there is no indication that his orchestra performed at Macauley's...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Musicians; Men; Music stands
Full-length portrait of left profile of mustachioed conductor Theodore Thomas with baton and music stand. He stands on an ornate rug, wearing a long double-breasted jacket. Thomas, was born in Esens, East Friesland, Germany, on October 11, 1835,...
