Composer of the Month (December)
"Music is a higher revelation than philosophy." -- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Above left: Ludwig van Beethoven (15 or 16 December 1770, Bonn - 26 March 1827, Vienna). Type of music: symphony, orchestral, oratorio, piano, concerto, chamber, vocal, opera. Postmark: SAARBRÜCKEN, 01.6.1955. Card published by Walter Classen, Zürich, No. 7100. Signed art by Joseph Carl Stieler (1820).
Above right: Ludwig van Beethoven. Postmark: PRAHA, 7.VI.1952, Day of Issue, Prague Music Festival. Card published by Wiechmann, Germany, No. 53.
Selected MCs from my exhibit 'THE MUSIC HAS SURVIVED TRIUMPHANTLY'.
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