Composer of the Month (January)
Above left: Mily Balakirev (2 January 1837, Nizny-Novgorod, Russia - 29 May 1910, St Petersburg). Type of music: Nationalist, Romantic; symphony, chamber, orchestral, piano. Postmark: VILNIUS (Lithuania, Russia), date unclear. Postage stamp: 120th Birth Anniversary (1957, 40k). Card published in Leningrad in 1955. Signed art by A. Terentyev.
Above right: Francis Poulenc (7 January 1899, Paris - 30 January 1963, Paris). Type of music: opera, ballet, chamber, choral, concerto, piano. Postmark: PARIS, 20 July 1974, Day of Issue. Souvenir Card published by Empire Philatélique. Triple concordance.
Selected MCs from my exhibit 'THE MUSIC HAS SURVIVED TRIUMPHANTLY'.
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