Composer of the Month (September)
"Pay no attention to what the critics say... Remember, a statue has never been set up in honor of a critic!" -- Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
Above left: Jean Sibelius (8 December 1865, Hämeenlinna, Finland - 20 September 1957, Järvenpää, Finland). Type of music: orchestral, symphony, chamber, concerto, vocal. Postmark: BUCURESTI, 13.5.1965, Day of Issue, 100th Birthday Celebration. Card published by F.A. Ackermanns Kunstverlag, München, A 7098.
Above right: Jean Sibelius. Postmark: 9.8.1954, regular. Postage stamp: Finland, 8.12.1945 (Yvert 303), Jean Sibelius - 80th Birthday Anniversary. Card published by Walter Classen Kunstverlag, Zürich, No. 7098. Signed art by A. Mitterfellner.
Above left: Richard Strauss (11 June 1864, Munich - 8 September 1949, Garmisch). Type of music: symphony, opera, orchestral, choral. Postmark: WIEN, 1.6.1989, Day of Issue, 125th Birthday of Richard Strauss. Card published by F.A. Ackermanns Kunstverlag, München, A 7109.
Above right: Anton Webern (3 December 1883, Vienna - 15 September 1945, Mittersill, Austria). Type of music: orchestral, chamber. Postmark: MITTERSILL, 20.10.1995, Day of Issue. Postage stamp: 50th anniversary of Anton Webern's death. Card published by MERIO-PHIL, Wien.
Selected MCs from my exhibit 'THE MUSIC HAS SURVIVED TRIUMPHANTLY'.
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