Show Me! Music / Musicians/ Instruments

Here are images of the four stamps in a set depicting traditional African musical instruments, designed by M.F. Bryan, printed by lithography, and issued by Botswana on March 1, 1976, Scott Nos. 147-150.

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Drum


Hand Piano


Segankuru (violin)


Kudu Signal Horn

The prestigious Donaueschingen Festival of contemporary music is held each October in Donaueschingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a hand-written musical score, printed by lithography, and issued by Germany on October 18, 1996 to commemorate the festival's 75th anniversary, Scott No. 1948, plus a YouTube video link to a new music sampler, performed by the Radio Kamer Filharmonie at the 2010 Donaueschingen Festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb4...7kunhvaTL9DE

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Drummer, designed by Israeli artist Maxim Shamir (1910-1990), printed by photogravure, and issued by Togo in November, 1966 as one of a set of eight stamps depicting Togolese costumes and dances, Scott No. 576.

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Here are images of the two similar stamps in a set depicting a flute player and a stamp, designed by Tunisian artist Abdelaziz Gorgi (1928-2008}, printed by lithography, and issued by Tunisia on June 1, 1968 for Stamp Day, Scott Nos. 512 & 513.

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Brethren brass band, designed by Greenlandic artist Jens Christian Rosing (1925-2008), engraved by Arne Kühlmann, and issued by Greenland on November 2, 1983 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Moravian mission of New Herrnhut, Scott No. 158, Facit No. 146.

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Here are images of the four stamps in a set depicting traditional Tunisian musical instruments, designed by Tunisian artist Jellal Ben Abdallah (1921- ), printed by photogravure (Courvoisier, S.A.), and issued by Tunisia on March 20, 1970, Scott Nos. 530-33, plus a YouTube link to an hour of traditional Tunisian music featuring vocals by Tunisian classical Arab music singer Sonia M'barek (1969- ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD9XrCQ5DPk

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Lute


Zither


Rebab


Drums and flute

Here is an image of a stamp reproducing "Portrait of a Lady With a Hand Drum" (1907), a painting by Japanese artist Okada Saburosuke (1869-1939), printed by photogravure, and issued by Japan on April 20, 1970, Scott No. 1026.

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Republic of Korea (South Korea) The 50th Anniversary of Korea – Uruguay Diplomatic Relations Joint Issue: Traditional Music and Dance, the Nong-ak (farmers' band music) from Korea, and the Candombe from Uruguay, both requiring various percussion instruments.

Here are images of the four stamps in a set depicting traditional musical instruments, designed by various African artists, printed by lithography (Edila), and issued by Senegal on May 4, 1985, Scott Nos. 637-40.

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Gourd fiddle and bamboo flute, designed by Dame Thioune.


Drums and a stringed instrument, designed by Aslam.


Musician playing a stringed instrument, balaphone, and drums, designed by Momar Ndiaye.


Rabab and single-stringed fiddles, designed by Chuckley Secka.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a stylized musician playing a viol, designed by Otto Stefferl, combined engraved by Maria Magdalena Laurent and photogravure, and issued by Austria on October 30, 1975 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Scott No. 1025. Bonus: Bare feet.

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Here are images of the six stamps in a set depicting traditional Zimbabwean musical instruments, printed by lithography, and issued by Zimbabwe on April 16, 1991, Scott Nos. 636-41. Bonus: Hands of musicians.

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Hosho (pair of maranka gourds containing seeds)


Mbira (thumb piano)


Ngororombe (flute)


Chipendani (one-string mouth bow)


Marimba (wooden bars struck with mallets)


Ngoma (drum)

Spain - Paco de Lucia, the best Spanish guitarist recently deceased.

Here are images of the three stamps in a set depicting Brazilian musicians playing traditional instruments, designed by Brazilian artist Jô Oliviera (1944- ), printed by lithography, and issued by Brazil on August 22, 1978, Scott Nos. 1568-70.

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Guitar


Pifaro (a small flute)


Berimbau (a single-string percussion instrument)

Today is Opera Day!

"Gilbert and Sullivan" refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the librettist W. S. Gilbert (1836-1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), and to the fourteen comic operas they jointly created between 1871 and 1896. Here are images of the five stamps in a set depicting scenes from some of Gilbert and Sullivan's most successful operas, designed by British artist Lynda Gray (1947- ), printed by photogravure, and issued by Great Britain on July 21, 1992 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Arthur Sullivan's birth, Scott Nos. 1458-62, SG Nos. 1624-28.

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Note: Alas, one of my personal Gilbert and Sullivan favorites, H.M.S. Pinafore, or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor (1878), did not make the cut for this issue.

The Yeomen of the Guard, or, The Merryman and his Maid (1888)


The Gondoliers, or, The King of Barataria (1889)


The Mikado, or, The Town of Titipu (1885)


The Pirates of Penzance, or, The Slave of Duty (1879)


Iolanthe, or, The Peer and the Peri (1882)