Linda
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Post by Linda on Dec 3, 2021 12:43:44 GMT
Between 2007 and 2013, Canada Post issued 4 sets of stamps honouring 12 Canadian recording artists and 4 bands. They are: (2007) Anne Murray, Paul Anka, Gordon Lightfoot, and Joni Mitchell. (2009) Robert Charlebois, Édith Bulter, Stompin' Tom Connors, and Bryans Adams. (2011) Ginette Reno, Bruce Cockburn, Robbie Robertson, and Kate & Anna McGarrigle. (2013) The Tragically Hip, Rush, Beau Dommage, and The Guess Who Each stamp is of domestic rate, and comes in the form of a souvenir sheet or a self-adhesive booklet. Each booklet's cover uses one stamp design but contains 2 sets of 4 stamps issued at the same time. Below is the set featuring Kate & Anna McGarrigle on the cover: I have the intention of creating a linover honouring Kate & Anna McGarrigle, and get their stamps cancelled in Montreal in 2024 and 2026 on what would be their 80th birthday respectively. But I don't know what Montreal location goes with them. I thought about the place where they had their first public performance while studying in Montreal, but couldn't find any information about this location. Then I thought about their song ‹ Complainte pour Ste-Catherine ›, but Ste-Cahterine street is long, it's not clear in the song which stretch of the street they referred to. For me, a science student, the most iconic song of theirs is without a doubt ‹ NaCl ›, but this song is not location-specific. Someone suggested me to get in touche with Kate's daughter Martha Wainwright who often performs in the Montreal café she runs. However, as I was preparing to write to Martha, the pandemic struck, and the café has been closed ever since ... Any suggestion on what I should draw would be mostly appreciated.
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Post by Ryan on Dec 4, 2021 4:30:24 GMT
For me, a science student, the most iconic song of theirs is without a doubt ‹ NaCl ›, but this song is not location-specific. "Sodium cried, 'what a gas, be my bride, and I'll change your name from chlorine to chloride' ..." ha haha - I love that song! Ryan
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Linda
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Post by Linda on Dec 4, 2021 13:38:06 GMT
A shift in musical genre in this and the next posts. Canada Post had issued stamps honouring 2 Montreal-born jazz musicians: the first is Oscar Peterson in 2005, two years before he died. Below is the souvenir sheet of 4 stamps: There are also panes of 16 stamps, and official first-day covers being produced.
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Post by Linda on Dec 7, 2021 9:00:44 GMT
The second Montreal-born jazz musician Canada Post honoured is Oliver Jones. The stamp was issued in 2013 as part of the Black History Month series.
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Post by Linda on Dec 8, 2021 9:41:52 GMT
In 2006, Canada Post issued another set of 5 stamps celebrating Canadian opera. From top to bottom: (1) Jon Vickers (1926 - 2015), heldentenor. (2) Edward Johnson (1878 - 1959), operatic tenor. (3) Maureen Forrester (1930 - 2010), operatic contralto. (4) Raoul Jobin (1906 - 1974), operatic tenor. (5) Léopold Simoneau (1916 - 2006), lyric tenor and his wife Pierrette Alarie (1911 - 2011), coloratura soprano.
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Post by Linda on Dec 9, 2021 11:18:02 GMT
Between 1999 and 2000, Canada Post released The Millennium Collection which consists of 68 specially designed stamps as a series of 17 souvenir sheets, each depicting four different stamps. One set of 4 stamps honoured Canadian musicians across a wide range of musical genres. (Starting from top-left corner, clockwise) (1) Portia White (1911 - 1968), classical contralto. (2) Glenn Gould (1932 - 1982), classical pianist. (3) Félix Leclerc (1914 - 1988), French-language singer-songwriter, poet and writer. (The high school I attended in the suburb of Montreal is named after him.) (4) Guy Lombardo (1902 - 1977), bandleader. 2007 (more precisely, between 25 September 2007 and 24 September 24 2008) was designated the Year of Glenn Gould because it marks the 75th anniversary of his birth and the 25th anniversary of his death. An exhibition was organised by the Canadian Museum of History (then known as the Canadian Museum of Civilization) and a commemorative envelope was issued by Canada Post in honour of him. I don't know what kind of philately item this is. There was no new stamp issued, and the 'cancellation' was printed, not stamped. I undertook my first long-distance bicycle tour from Montreal to Ottawa to see this exhibition. Below is Glenn Gould's iconic wooden chair that he could not live without: This is a postcard presumably written by Glenn Gould:
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Linda
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Post by Linda on Dec 21, 2021 9:06:53 GMT
In 1980, Canada Post issued a "Musicians" series of two stamps commemorating the soprano Emma Albani (1847-1930) and the organist / composer Healey Willan (1880-1968). I was hesitating whether to post the stamp of Healey Willan in this thread or the composer thread, but since these two stamps are designed as the same series, I chose to to post here.
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Post by Linda on Dec 21, 2021 9:15:05 GMT
This post is about musical ensemble rather than a single musician or a small group of musicians. The first is a stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of Montreal Symphony Orchestra (founded in 1935) issued by Canada Post in 1984. The second is a stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of Orchestre symphonique de Quebec (founded in 1902, the oldest active orchestra in Canada's history) issued by Canada Post in 2002.
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Linda
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Post by Linda on Dec 21, 2021 9:23:29 GMT
Recently, Canada Post issued a new stamp and a first-day cover honouring the indigenous singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941-). I believe this completes my collection of musician stamps issued by Canada Post. Starting tomorrow, I will be posting musician stamps from other countries.
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Post by Linda on Dec 22, 2021 13:53:06 GMT
This is the set of 4 British conductors commemorative stamps issued by Royal Mail in 1980. From left to right: (1) Henry Wood (1869-1944) (2) Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) (3) Malcolm Sargent (1895-1967) (4) John Barbirolli (1899-1970)
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Post by Linda on Dec 23, 2021 14:34:33 GMT
Die Österreichische Post issued in 1994 a stamp of the Austrian conductor Karl Bohm (1894-1981) to celebrate his 100th anniversary.
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Post by Linda on Dec 24, 2021 12:04:20 GMT
Today's musician is the German conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954) who was honoured twice by Deutsche Bundespost Berlin in 1955 and 1986 (his centenary).
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Post by REL1948 on Dec 24, 2021 14:48:41 GMT
Today's musician is the German conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954) who was honoured twice by the German post in 1955 and 1986. Hello Linda, Such a spectacular Conductor (and human being, his stance with the Nazis deserves applause). I have several of his recordings but my favorite is his 1952 recording of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde with the incredible Kirsten Flagstad. Another desert island recording is the 1953 Deutsche Grammophon offering of Beethoven's 7th and 8th symphonies. Rob
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Post by Linda on Dec 25, 2021 13:14:53 GMT
Another desert island recording is the 1953 Deutsche Grammophon offering of Beethoven's 7th and 8th symphonies. Rob
I didn't know about this recording, shame on me! Thank you Rob for your recommendation. Today's musician on stamp is the violinist Joseph Joachim (1831-1907) who spent much of his adult life in Germany. He also composes but is better known as an instrumentalist. This stamp is issued by the Deutsche Bundespost Berlin in 1969. Neither Hungary nor Austria seems to have issued stamp in honour of him.
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Post by Linda on Dec 26, 2021 9:17:31 GMT
Today's musician is the Austrian conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929-2016). This stamp was issued by Die Österreichische Post to celebrate his 75th anniversary.
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Post by Linda on Dec 27, 2021 12:36:51 GMT
The Finish Post issued in 1969 a stamp to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Finish conductor Armas Järnefelt (1869-1958):
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Post by Linda on Dec 28, 2021 12:26:48 GMT
This is a 1976 Finish stamp honouring the 100th anniversary of the Finnish choral conductor and composer Keikki Klemetti (1876-1953).
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Post by Linda on Dec 29, 2021 11:20:10 GMT
The German-born conductor of Jewish descent Otto Klemperer (1885-1973) was honoured by Deutsche Bundespost Berlin in 1985, on the occasion of his centenary.
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REL1948
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Post by REL1948 on Dec 30, 2021 2:11:26 GMT
Die Österreichische Post issued in 1994 a stamp of the Austrian conductor Karl Bohm (1894-1981) to celebrate his 100th anniversary. Hi Linda, I love this survey of Musicians/Conductors on stamps that you've shared with us. I don't collect modern stamps (after the 60s generally) so it's always an education to see what I've missed.
One of my favorite Böhm recordings are his Mozart 40 & 41st symphonies with the Wiener Philharmoniker. He also conducted a wonderful Tristan und Isolde with the Bayreuther Festspiele (1966) on Deutsche Grammophon, it won the Grand Prix Du Disque, Paris. The overture from this recording is exceptional.
Thank you for sharing.
Rob
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Post by eggdog on Dec 30, 2021 3:15:11 GMT
This one crossed my work table tonight. The sesquicentennial of the Zagreb Philharmonic. I've heard one of their recordings: a record store in New Haven had a rack of discs from a budget label that was trying to out-Naxos Naxos. After 20 years, I forget the label's name. Hey, I forget what the date was this morning. I picked up a Beethoven disc by the Zagreb Philharmonic that day. It was pretty bad, but I'm sure that was due more to the awful sound quality than to the orchestra; Discogs lists about 75 releases from them, so they must be doing something right. REL1948 , I do want to read a biography of Fürtwangler. From what I know of him, if a conductor ever had a tortured career, he did. Linda , the first I ever heard of Oliver Jones was while getting pleasantly tanked in a fairly loud bistro in Montréal and asking someone who that guy was playing piano in the background. I just thought he was some local guy, albeit a very good local guy, and had no idea he was on the way to becoming a Canadian legend.
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Post by angore on Dec 30, 2021 11:08:40 GMT
I will post the series tomorrow when I post the booklet set in the souvenir pages thread.
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Linda
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Post by Linda on Dec 30, 2021 13:02:17 GMT
This is the Austrian chamber musician and composer Josef Schrammel (1852-1895) whom Die Österreichische Post commemorated in 1952, on the occasion of his 100th anniversary.
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Post by Linda on Dec 31, 2021 12:09:57 GMT
In 2004, Die Österreichische Post honoured the Spanish operatic tenor José Carreras who made his Wiener Staatsoper debut in 1974, 30 years ago, as the Duke of Mantua in Verdi's Rigoletto.
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Post by Linda on Jan 2, 2022 10:48:47 GMT
Today's musician is the Austro-Hungarian-Romanian tenor of Jewish descent Joseph Schmidt (1904 – 1942) whom the Deutsche Post commemorated in 2004 on the occasion of his centenary. At first it seems strange to me that neither Austria, Hungary, nor Romania has issued stamp in honour of him, but Germany did. However, I have noticed that Germany seems to have the tradition of paying tribute to German-speaking artists (especially those of Jewish descent after WWII, like Franz Kafka), regardless of where they were born or died.
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Post by Linda on Jan 8, 2022 12:09:13 GMT
This stamp's background information is difficult to ascertain. Judging from the years inscribed on the stamp and this webpage, it's issued in 1990 to celebrate either / both the bicentenary of Finland's oldest musical society, Turun Soitannollinen Seura (Turku Musical Society, founded in 1790, which is also the oldest association still operating in Finland), and/or that of Finland's oldest orchestra Turun Filharmoninen Orkesteri (Turku Philharmonic Orchestra). According to Wikipedia, the latter was founded in 1790 under the name of the former, but how the two organisations later separated is unknown to the English speaking world. To celebrate both foundations may be the reason why the inscription on the stamp reads 'Orkesteritoiminta Suomessa / Orkesterverksamhet i Finland' which literarily means 'Orchestral activities in Finland' in Finish (first line) and Swedish (second and third line), without specifying which organisations it refers to.
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Post by Linda on Jan 9, 2022 13:30:08 GMT
This is a 2021 stamp issued by Ceska Posta on the occasion of Gustav Brom's centenary. He is a Czech big band leader, arranger, clarinetist and composer. I find this stamp design makes him looking more like a trombonist / trompeter rather than a clarinetist though
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Post by Linda on Jan 10, 2022 11:02:59 GMT
My favorite, The Beatles, who changed the world. While the whole world seems to be fascinated by the Beatles, UK's Royal Mail has hitherto only issued two sets of the Beatles stamps once in 2007 to mark 50 years since Lennon and McCartney first met. These are the two sets: the top is the miniature sheet featuring the Beatles memorabilia; the bottom set of irregular-shaped self-adhesive stamps feature their album covers. These are the images of the presentation pack: I am not super crazy for the Beatles, so I haven't started conceiving any linover dedicated to them. Given the amount of stamps I have to use, I am guessing I will need to create at least 2 drawings to contain all of them. One of them surely will feature the famous crossing at the Abbey Road. The other one (maybe a Liverpool location)? I have no idea for the moment. Any suggestion would be mostly appreciated!
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Post by Linda on Jan 11, 2022 11:41:43 GMT
zech / Slovakian musicians played significant roles in the toppling of the communist regime during the Velvet Revolution in 1989. The Prague-based rock band Plastic People of the Universe, who took their name from a Frank Zappa song, was heavily influenced by Velvet Underground and banned from performing in the public during the 70's. In 1976, the Plastics and other people from the underground musical scene were convicted of 'organised disturbance of the peace' by the Communist government. In protest of this prosecution, Vaclav Havel (1936 - 2011), a playwright who later became one of the leaders of the revolution and the first president of the Czech Republic, wrote in conjunction with others the Charter 77 that criticized the Communist government's failure at implementing human rights provisions. In the late 80s, members of the Charter 77 helped to usher in the transition from dictatorship to democracy during a period of time later known as the Velvet Revolution. In 2019, on the 30th anniversary of Velvet Revolution, the Czech and Slovak posts jointly issued two stamps to commemorate this significant event. Below is the Czech souvenir sheet. The whole image (outside of the stamp itself) features a guitarist / vocalist whom I am unable to identify. Can it be Vaclav Havel? [Edit: It's Karel Kryl as Ryan pointed out below.] The personality featured on the Czech FDC however, does look like Vaclav Havel. [Edit: It's Karel Kryl as Ryan pointed out below.] [Image source: pofis.sk] On the other hand, the Slovakian pane of 4 stamps does not show any musician or musical emblem.
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Post by Ryan on Jan 11, 2022 17:23:16 GMT
The whole image (outside of the stamp itself) features a guitarist / vocalist whom I am unable to identify. Can it be Vaclav Havel? Those images are both of Karel Kryl, I think. Certainly, this page has a photo reproduced as a drawing on one of your items. Lots of other pictures of him can be found where he's wearing that vest, leaning back with his guitar held up high on his chest. Ryan
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Post by Linda on Jan 11, 2022 20:27:11 GMT
Thank you Ryan. I really learn a lot by collecting stamps
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