Show Me! Music / Musicians/ Instruments

Musicians, designed by "Lelièpvre" (whom I believe may well be the centenarian French painter Eugène Lelièpvre, 1908- ), engraved by Jean Pheulpin, and issued by Laos on July 14, 1953, Scott No. 23.

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Drummer and Unisphere emblem, printed by lithography, and issued by Burundi on September 10, 1965 to publicize the New York World's Fair, Scott No. 94B.

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Here are images of two similar stamps depicting traditional musical instruments, combined engraved and photogravure, and issued by formerly Soviet central Asian countries.

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Tajikistan, issued on August 15, 1992, Scott No. 3.


Turkmenistan, issued on September 13, 1992, Scott No. 28.

Here are images of the four stamps in a traditional music set, printed by photogravure, and issued for use in Spanish Sahara on November 23, 1969 for Stamp Day, Scott Nos. 192-95.

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Woman playing drum


Man playing flute


Drum and camel rider


Flute

Here are images of the three stamps, with tabs, in a music-themed set designed by Israeli sculptor, painter and graphic artist Miriam Karoly (1926-1994), printed by photogravure (30 pr.) and lithography (50 pr. & 150 pr.), and issued by Israel on August 14, 1956 for the Jewish New Year, Scott Nos. 121-23.

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Musician playing lyre.


Musician playing sistrum.


Musician playing double oboe.

Folk singer with drum, well-waxed mustache and bird, printed by photogravure, and issued by Bulgaria on June 12, 1984 to publicize the 6th Amateur Art Festival, Scott No. 2972.

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India souvenir sheet - Golden Voices of yesteryears.

alan - Interesting sheet. Thanks for sharing.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a musician playing a "native musical instrument," which is actually a free-reed mouth organ of Sabah known as a sompoton. The sompoton is made from a gourd and bamboo, and is traditionally played by the people of the Kadazan-Dusun tribe. This stamp was printed by photogravure (Harrison), and issued for use in North Borneo on June 1, 1956, Scott No. 262.

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The alphorn is a labrophone, consisting of a wooden natural horn of conical bore, having a wooden cup-shaped mouthpiece, and used by mountain dwellers in Switzerland for communication. Here is an image of a man in traditional costume blowing an alphorn, designed by Swiss artist Paul Boesch (1889-1969), printed by photogravure (Courvoisier S.A.), and issued by Switzerland on February 15, 1955 to commemortate the 150th anniversary of the Alpine Herdsman and Costume Festival, Scott No. 353.

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Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Here are images of two stamp depicting musicians playing traditional Irish instruments, printed by photogravure, and issued by Ireland on September 25, 1980, Scott Nos. 484 & 485.

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Bodhrán drum and whistle players. The Bodhrán drum is hand-held goatskin drum used in traditional Irish music and often played with a stick. The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, is a simple, six-holed woodwind instrument closely associated with Celtic music.


Uilleann pipes and piper. The uilleann pipes are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland.

Found one from Japan. Can anyone read the musical notes?

Partime - The musical notes on your Japan stamp are as follows: FF GG AA G, AA CC DD C. Sorry, but I don't recognize the tune. All I know is that it's not "Kimigayo," the national anthem of Japan.

The dombra is a long-necked lute and a musical string instrument. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a female musician in traditional costume playing a dombra, printed by photogravure, and issued by Mongolia on September 16, 1961 as one of a set of eight stamps commemorating the 40th anniversary of the country's independence and Mongolian culture, Scott No. 267.

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Abstract design: an original composition by Swedish composer Ingvar Natanael Lidholm (1921- ), engraved by Heinz W. Gutschmidt, and issued by Sweden on August 27, 1971 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Academy of Music, Scott No. 891, Facit No. 731B.

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Behore musicians of Tiekere playing "Eyoro," printed by photogravure, and issued by Guinea 0n January 5, 1966, Scott No. 407.

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Here is an image of a stamp depicting a musician playing a traditional Arab double-reed flute known as a mizmar, and leading a procession of smiling children down a city street, designed by Tunisian artist Hatem El Mekki (1918-2003), printed by photogravure (Courvoisier S.A.), and issued by Tunisia on May 31, 1979 to publicize Habitat, the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, held in Vancouver, Canada, and an urban revitalization project called the Association de Sauvegarde de la Médina de Tunis, Scott No. 680, plus a YouTube link to some music played with mizmars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbY0aMoztlQ

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