Composer of the Month (April)
Above left: Sergei Prokofiev (27 April 1891, Sontzovka, near Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine - 5 March 1953, Moscow). Type of music: symphony, orchestral, opera (The Gambler, The Love for Three Oranges, War and Peace), ballet, chamber, concerto, piano, film. Postmark: MOSCOW, 23.4.1981, Day of Issue, 90th Birth Anniversary. Card published in Leningrad by Aurora Art Publishers. Signed art by I. Grabar (1871-1960): Sergei Prokofiev, 1941, oil on canvas, The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Above right: Ottorino Respighi (9 July 1879, Bologna - 18 April 1936, Rome). Type of music: symphonic poems, opera, ballet, chamber. Postmark: BOLOGNA, 9.7.1979, Day of Issue, Birth Centenary. Card published by ROMA, No. 289. Triple concordance.
Selected MCs from my exhibit 'THE MUSIC HAS SURVIVED TRIUMPHANTLY'.
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