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Ensemble singing

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  • A private concert at night: people around a table are playing music, embracing and singing. Engraving after J. Leclerc.
  • A man points to a sheet of music as he and four others sing. Etching attributed to J. de Saint-Igny, ca. 1630.
  • A musical rehearsal for a Jewish religious service (?). Etching by E. Moyse, 1865.
  • A choir of grotesque singers read from a printed sheet held up at the corners. Etching attributed to J. de Saint-Igny, ca. 1630.
  • Two men sing from a songbook they are both holding, while a younger man has fallen asleep at the table; a young woman looks on. Engraving by T.E. Nicholson after J.M. Wright.
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    Animals wearing human clothes play sounds and sing from a score open on a table, while others attending dance; represesenting musical soirées held by Teresa Cornelys. Mezzotint after E. van Heemskerck.

    Heemskerck, Egbert, active approximately 1700-1744. | Date: April 20 1771 | Reference: 33827i
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    A woman holding a songbook (left) and a man holding a glass (right) are singing to the accompaniment of a man playing the violin. Etching after A. van Ostade.

    Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685. | Reference: 33812i
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    A choir of six grotesque people singing from a songbook open on a shelf. Etching attributed to J. de Saint-Igny, ca. 1630.

    Saint-Igny, Jean de, -1647. | Reference: 33819i
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    A private concert at night: people around a table are playing music, embracing and singing. Engraving after J. Leclerc.

    Leclerc, Jean, approximately 1586-1633. | Date: 1600-1699 | Reference: 33804i
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    A man is playing a violin to a accompany a group of girls singing. Engraving by J. Goodyear after J.M. Wright.

    Wright, John Massey, 1777-1866. | Date: Oct. 1827 | Reference: 33808i
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