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Post by salentin on Nov 26, 2018 2:03:33 GMT
In this thread I will show composers on stamps of Austria and Germany.
Austrias only set of composers,issued before the war,issued April 24th,1922; part I of 2;
2 1/2 K. (+ 22.50 K.) Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
5 K. (+ 45 K) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) 7 1/2 K. (+ 67.50 K) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
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Post by salentin on Nov 26, 2018 20:58:29 GMT
(part II of 2)
10 K. (+ 90 K.) Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 25 K. (+ 225 K.) Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) 50 K. (+ 450 K.) Johann Strauß (Sohn/son) (1825-1899) 100 K.(+ 900 K.) Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
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Post by brightonpete on Nov 27, 2018 1:54:28 GMT
Franz Liszt, Hungary Scott #1413-1416, issued October 2, 1961. These stamps curl so much, I had to tape down the mount of the souvenir sheet. And I JUST noticed on looking over the scan that the tape is on the souvenir sheet! Sheesh! EDIT: Tape removed. It hadn't been pressed onto the sheet. It was also Scotch Magic Tape or whatever that nicer tape is called! |
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Post by salentin on Nov 27, 2018 16:29:05 GMT
issued March 31st,1947
Schubert (1797-1828) composed a huge number of all kinds of musical works.The "Deutsch-Verzeichnis" lists nearly 1000.
His symphonic works are excellent,while others like his operas are rarely performed.
His greatest achievement is possibly the "Deutsche Kunstlied" (German Art Song or German Lieder),what was almost
inventend by Schubert.He wrote more than 600 Lieder. "Die Winterreise" and "Die schöne Müllerin" are possibly his best known Lieder-cycles.
Schubert was born and died in suburbs of todays Vienna. He lived for 31 years only and died presumably from typhoide weakened by his longtime syphilis.
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Post by salentin on Nov 28, 2018 20:35:22 GMT
issued Jan.21st,1948
Ziehrer was a composer of popular music and operettas.Moast are forgotten,only his operetta "Die Landstreicher" is still performed today.He wrote walts,polkas,mazurkas,marches etc.
He became conductor of a famous regiment in 1888 and in 1907 he became the last K.u.K. Hofball-Marshall.
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Post by salentin on Nov 29, 2018 16:27:15 GMT
issued Dec.18th,1948
130 years "silent night,holy night"
Composed by Franz Gruber (1787-1863) on a text by Josef Mohr (1792-1848),
"Stille Nacht,heilige Nacht" is the best known non-secular christmas song of Germany. It almost "personalizes" the solemn character of the "German Christmas".What is very
different from the way Christmas is celebrated in most non-german countries.
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Post by salentin on Nov 30, 2018 20:43:16 GMT
issued June 3rd,1949 Johann Strauß (Sohn/son) probably still is the most popular composer in Austria.
He was the first musician,who built a music/entertainment enterprise.It made him a rich man.
A stamp commemorating his masterpiece:
"An der schönen blauen Donau" centenary,issued Feb.15th,1967;
Often called as the "real national anthem" of Austria.
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Post by salentin on Dec 1, 2018 21:21:16 GMT
Commemorating the125th birthday of Anton Bruckner,issued Sept.3rd,1949. One of my favourite composers.
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Post by Jerry B on Dec 1, 2018 23:25:46 GMT
Hi
It would be interesting to see if any Classical Guitar composers, like Fernando Sor, Francisco Tarrega, etc. are depicted on stamps.
Jerry B
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Post by salentin on Dec 2, 2018 1:18:10 GMT
Fernando Sor, Spain, June 26th,1985
Francisco Tarrega, Spain, Feb.22nd,1977
possibly others more ?
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Post by Jerry B on Dec 2, 2018 10:09:49 GMT
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Post by salentin on Dec 3, 2018 1:40:13 GMT
issued Sept 24th,1949
Johann Strauß (Vater/father) the composer,who wrote the possibly best (known) (at least ouside the US) march: The "Radetzky Marsch". Honouring Field Marshal Radetzky (1766-1858),here on a stamp issued Dec.1st,1935  |
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Post by salentin on Dec 7, 2018 1:34:37 GMT
issued Dec.31st,1949
Karl Millöcker was a composer of what would be called today "popular music".
Operettas,(today called musicals),walts,music for music-halls,etc.
His most successful operetta was "Der Bettelstudent" (the beggar student)(1881).
issued July 3rd,1970
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Post by salentin on Dec 8, 2018 2:05:44 GMT
issued April 12th,1951
Lanner was a cotemporary competitor of Johann Strauss (Vater).
He wrote hundreds of walts,polkas,marches and all kind of dance-music.
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Post by salentin on Dec 9, 2018 16:00:13 GMT
issued Oct.3rd,1951
Wilhelm Kienzel was a composer and conductor.He wrote operas,(today his most often played opera is "Der Evangelimann" from 1894), instrumental music and Deutsche Kunstlieder (German art-songs).
Notes of "Der Evangelimann" are shown in the background of the stamp.
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Post by salentin on Dec 27, 2018 1:02:08 GMT
issued March 3rd,1952
Schrammel and his brother Johann were and are very popular and possibly the most "Viennnese composers" of all of them. His and his brother´s music,called "Schrammerln",is the typical folk- and dance-music at the "Heurigen".
That are bars,where new vine is served. (heuer = this year)
The brothers died 1893 (Johann) and 1895 (Josef),both aged 43 years.
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Post by salentin on Dec 30, 2018 15:47:10 GMT
issued Feb.21st,1953
Hugo Wolf composed all kinds of classical music,an opera and chorus songs.
However he is most famous for the composition of his Deutsche Kunstlieder.
All his life he lived in poverty and was supported by friends for his needs.
He died young from syphilis,spending his last years in a lunatics asylum.
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Post by salentin on Jan 1, 2019 16:44:30 GMT
the genius,issued Jan.21st,1956
"Don Giovanni",opera by Mozart,issued May 23rd,1969,from a sheetlet of 8;
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Post by salentin on Jan 3, 2019 1:33:39 GMT
 Issued May 30th,1959; Haydn composed an enormous wealth of all kinds of music. I like his symphonies very much.Their number is not 100% sure,but 107 are agreed widely.They seem to be so light-hearted and fresh. Beethoven was his pupil for two years.Although he claimed,nothing to have learnt from Haydn,his symphonic works, namely the 1st,2nd and 8th symphonies show clearly Haydn´s influence.
The melody of the German National Anthem is from Haydn´s "Kaiserquartet" opus 76 No.3.The original text started:
"Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser..."(God save Franz the Emperor...)
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jan 4, 2019 20:43:41 GMT
Dahomey issue commemorating Ludwig van Beethoven:  |
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Post by hrdoktorx on Jan 5, 2019 12:31:43 GMT
Dahomey issue celebrating Johannes Brahms:  |
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Post by salentin on Jan 6, 2019 1:27:09 GMT
issued July 7th,1960
Maler was and is considered the most eminent conductor of his times.
He conducted the best ochestras in many countries and invented new ways in performing operas,especially those of Richard Wagner.
In his last years he worked in New York,but was not happy with the mentality of the music establishment there.
His compositions were less valued,than his conducting.Only after WW II he became acknowledged fully.
Best known are his ten symphonies,the last of them unfinished.His "Lieder",best known are the "Kinder-Toten-Lieder",are performed extensively.
Personally I do not like his symphonies to much.To me they are a little bit dull.But that´s probably my fault.
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Post by salentin on Jan 19, 2019 1:41:06 GMT
issued Oct.20th,1961
Liszt was born in Hungary.However in a part of Hungary,what in 1918 became a part of Austria,the Burgenland. Although his natural language was German,he was proud of his Hungarian descent.
He was a brilliant,almost artistic pianist and an international music-performer.
He wrote an enormous amount of compositions.A complete index does not exist to this day.
His piano works are not that often played nowadays,be it for the reason,that they are technical extremely difficult to play. In his time his brilliant techninique was his "trademark". He was a close friend to Richard Wagner and the Wagner family.
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Post by salentin on Jan 21, 2019 16:50:14 GMT
issued Aug.7th,1970
Koschat was chorus-master of the Vienna Hof-Oper(a).
He composed Lieder (songs) based on folk-songs from his home-country Carinthia. He was a successful musician,who toured through Europe and the US.
He was popular throughout Germany and was honoured with the Red-Eagle-Order by Emperor Wilhelm II (William II).
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Post by salentin on Jan 23, 2019 1:50:22 GMT
the giant of music; stamp issued Dec.16th,1970;
After a painting by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793-1865) from 1823.
Beethoven´s only opera: Fidelio stamp issued May 23rd,1969; from a sheetlet of 8 different stamps;
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Post by salentin on Jan 25, 2019 16:59:03 GMT
Ziehrer again,now commemorating his 50th death-anniversary;
issued Nov.14th,1972;
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Post by salentin on Jan 28, 2019 2:00:36 GMT
Bruckner again,issued March 22nd,1974.
In commemoration of the official opening of the Bruckner-Haus in Linz on March 23rd,1974. The Bruckner-Haus is a top-class concert-house.The opening-concert started with Bruckner´s 7th Symphonie, performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,conducted by Herbert von Karajan.
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Post by brightonpete on Jan 30, 2019 20:26:05 GMT
Here is a souvenir sheet celebrating the opening of Beethoven Hall in Bonn, and to honour various anniversaries of German composers. Issued on September 8, 1959 - Scott #804. |
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Post by brightonpete on Jan 30, 2019 20:44:06 GMT
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, issued on January 27, 1956. Scott #739. Made a faux pas on the composer. How'd I get LVB inlace of WAM, I have no idea! |
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Post by salentin on Jan 31, 2019 2:02:50 GMT
issued Sept.13th,1974 One of the "Founding-Fathers" of the modern music of the 20th century.
As a music-theorist famous for the "Zwölftontechnik".
Because of his jewish descent,he had to leave Germany/Austria and finally
settled in the US,but was burried in his hometown Vienna.
He was also a well-known painter.
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