I just added three more serpent and ophicleide pictures to the post Serpent & Ophicleide: History and Images. Look for them soon in the Serpent Newsletter, as this website has become one of the primary suppliers of images for that…
serpent history
Religious Plus Military: Serpent in Trio
I just added another image, shown below, to the blog post Serpent & Ophicleide: History and Images. There are now 126 pictures in that post! As in this image, the mixture of religious and military clothing is interesting, highlighting traditional…
Traditional Homes of the Serpent
I just added the below entry and picture to the Serpent & Ophicleide History blog post. There are now 125 images in that post! If you scroll through the images, you can see the trend of military and church settings…
Serpents & Ophicleides: 16 New Historical Images
I recently added 16 more images of serpents and ophicleides to the post Serpents & Ophicleides: History and Images, bringing the total to 120 images. I’m not sure if you can find that many historical pictures of serpents and ophicleides…
3 Military Serpents
I just added the following 3 images to the post Serpent & Ophicleide: History and Images, bringing the total number of images in that post to 90. Enjoy! c. 1800—Nuremberg, Germany: An image depicting Nuremberg military musicians includes a…
Angel Plays Serpent
I just added the below image and caption to the post, Serpent & Ophicleide: History and Images, bringing the total number of images on that post to 81. The angel’s playing position is interesting—makes the instrument almost look like a bari…
Serpent from French Dictionary
I just added the below image and entry to the post, Serpent & Ophicleide: History and Images. It’s from a French dictionary by Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc that is in the public domain. 1858-1875—France: An engraving by Guillaumot of a serpent…
French Infantry Musicians: Serpent, Trombone, and Ophicleide
Today I added the below image and caption to the 19th century timeline (1st half). A couple of things seem noteworthy: 1) a rear-facing trombone is featured and 2) both a serpent and an ophicleide are shown (often the latter…
Another French Serpent Painting
I just added the below entry and painting to the post Serpent & Ophicleide: History and Images. There are now close to 70 serpent and ophicleide images in that post! 19th century—France: An anonymous painting, now held in Musée des…
Paper Serpents
As I mentioned in an earlier post on paper trombonists, an interesting little subset of music history images exists in the form of contemporary 19th-century military figurines. These figurines include military musicians, and, more specifically, serpent players. Although a number…