Composer of the Month (February)
Above left: Gioacchino Rossini (29 February 1792, Pesaro - 13 November 1868, Paris). Type of music: opera, vocal works. Postmark: PESARO, 19.6.1972, regular. Postage stamp: Italy, 25.10.1968, Death Centenary. Card published by Nobili Di Brualdi, Pesaro, in 1968.
Above right: Gioacchino Rossini. Postmark: SAN MARINO, 29.2.92, Birth Bicentenary. Postage stamp: San Marino, 1992, 'Bianca e Falliero,' opera festival, composer, Birth Bicentenary. Card published by F.A. Ackermanns Kunstverlag, München, A 7115. Signed art by L. Nauer.
Selected MCs from my exhibit 'THE MUSIC HAS SURVIVED TRIUMPHANTLY'.
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