Musicians And Composers On Stamps

A few Canadian Icons. Of course our country being just a baby compared to the European Countries, we don't have any Bachs or Mozarts







Dianne

Stevan Stojanovi#263; Mokranjac

We have had musicians before, though not specifically composers. Do we have to stick to musicians who are also composers? In other words, musicians AND composers?

Daniel François Esprit Auber (1782-1871) was a French composer of grand operas. His music has been described as light, vivacious, graceful, and melodious. Here is an image of a semi-postal stamp featuring a portrait of Auber and sheet music from his most successful opera, Fra Diavolo, which premiered on January 28, 1830, designed and engraved by Jean Pheulpin, and issued by France on March 6, 1971 for the centenary of Auber's death, Scott No. B445, Y&T No. 1667, plus a postcard with a photo of Auber taken in 1869.

- nethryk

Great topic. Here are some of my Chopin stamps issued in 2010 in his bicentennial year:

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Vietnam

carebear - Excellent! Here are images of two more stamps honoring Fryderyk Chopin.

- nethryk

Chopin and Warsaw Conservatory, designed and engraved by Jindra Schmidt, and issued by Czechoslovakia on June 24, 1949, Scott No. 390, SG No. 554.


Chopin, designed by Polish graphic artist Andrzej Heidrich (1928- ) after a pen portrait of the composer made in 1841 by French writer and friend George Sand (1804-1876), engraved by Czeslaw Slania, and issued by Poland on October 17, 1999, Scott No. 3484.

Phil and Litho. I had the same problem the other day with my printer/scanner. Kept telling me it was out of yellow ink (which is it wasn't) but kept defaulting to warning message and wouldn't let me scan. Took me 45 minutes to convince it otherwise. Time I'll never see again!

Herr Schubert

And a few from my 'autograph' collection.

Liszt



Franz Lehar



Chopin

Pau Casals I Defilló (1876-1973), known during his professional career as Pablo Casals, was a Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor. He is generally regarded as the preeminent cellist of the first half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest cellists of all time. Here as an image of a stamp depicting a portrait of Casals and a cello, engraved by Pablo Sampedro Molero (1935- ), and issued by Spain on December 29, 1976 to celebrate the cellist's birth centenary, plus a photo of Casals taken circa 1920.

- nethryk

Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Austrian violinist and composer Josef Schrammel (1852-1895) who, in collaboration with his brother Johann Schrammel (1850–1893), popularized Schrammelmusik, a style of Viennese folk music named after the brothers and still performed in present-day Austria, designed by V. Gorgon, engraved by Ferdinand Lorber, and issued by Austria on March 3, 1952 to commemorate Josef Schrammel's birth centenary, Scott No. 579, SG No. 530.

- nethryk

A Berliner Komponist

Norway Europa 1985
European Music Year



3.50k: Ole Bull (1810-1880), composer and violonist
2.50k: Torgeir Augundsson (1801-1872), fiddler

Carl August Nielsen (1865-1931), widely recognized as Denmark's greatest composer, was also a conductor and a violinist. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Nielsen, designed by Danish artist Mads Stage (1922-2004), engraved by Czeslaw Slania, and issued by Denmark on June 9, 1965 for the composer's birth centenary, Scott No. 421, Facit No. 458, plus a photo of Nielsen in 1910.

- nethryk

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) was a French Romantic composer. One of his most famous compositions is La damnation de Faust, Op. 24, a "dramatic legend" for four solo voices, full seven-part chorus, large children's chorus and orchestra, which was first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on December 6, 1846.

Here are images of the nine commemorative stamps in an imaginative set depicting various scenes from "The Damnation of Faust," designed and engraved by Albert Decaris, and issued by Monaco on April 26, 1969 for the centenary of Berlioz's death, Scott Nos. 712-20.

- nethryk

Hungarian Army (Rakoczy March)


Faust and Mephistopheles


Auerbach's Tavern


Dance of the Sylphs


Dance of the Sprites


Faust and Marguerite


Woods and Meadows


Ride to the Abyss


Marguerite in Heaven

Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891-1953) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century. His best-known works include the March from The Love for Three Oranges, the suite Lieutenant Kijé, the ballet Romeo and Juliet and, of course, the children's classic Peter and the Wolf. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a profile portrait of Prokofiev, designed by Boris Ilyukhin, printed by lithogravure, and issued by Russia (USSR) on April 23, 1991 to commemorate the centenary of the composer's birth, Scott No. 5993, Zagorski No. 6247, plus a photo of Prokofiev c. 1918.

- nethryk