Composer of the Month (October)
Above left: Georges Bizet (25 October 1838, Paris - 3 June 1875, Bougival). Type of music: symphony, opera, piano, orchestral [Carmen, The Pearl Fishers]. Postmark: PARIS, 11 June 1960, Day of Issue. Photo Viollet, Paris.
Above right: L'Arlésienne (the girl from Arles, in Provence), Bizet's most famous orchestral work (1872). Postmark: PARIS, 11 June 1960, Day of Issue. Card published by M. Barré & J. Dayez, Paris, No. 1530 R.
Below: The postage stamp, cut-out [Bizet, L'Arlésienne, Carmen].
Selected MCs from my exhibit 'THE MUSIC HAS SURVIVED TRIUMPHANTLY'.
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