Happy Birthday to Mohammed Abdel Wahab (1902-1991), a prominent Arab Egyptian singer and composer. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the musician, printed by lithography, and issued by Egypt in memoriam on August 28, 1991, Scott No. 1447, plus an image of a publicity photo of Mohammed Abdel Wahab, and a YouTube link to his performance of a song about a journey with Queen Cleopatra in Ancient Egypt.
Here are images of the four stamps in a set honoring notable Cuban musicians, engraved and printed by P. Fernández y Cia., S.A., and issued by Cuba on June 27, 1958, Scott Nos. 595-98.
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Nicolás Ruiz Espadero (1832-1890), a pianist, composer, teacher and editor.
Ignácio Cervantes Kawanagh (1847-1905), a pianist and composer who was influential in the creolization of Cuban music.
José Silvestre White Lafitte (1836-1918), a violinist and composer.
Claudio Brindis de Salas Monte (1800-1872), a violinist and double bass player who directed the most famous Cuban dance orchestra of his day.
On March 29, 1795, the 25 year old German composer and pianist Ludwig van Beethoven made his first public performance in Vienna, Austria, premiering one of his own piano concertos. Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting Beethoven, a piano and a music score, designed and engraved by Eugčne Lacaque, and issued by Gabon on June 15, 1977 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the composer's death, Scott No. C194. Note: It is uncertain whether Beethoven performed his First or Second piano concerto on this occasion; I have provided below a YouTube link to a recorded 2013 performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15, by Russian classical pianist Evgeny Igorevitch Kissin (1971- ), with the London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis conducting.
Happy Birthday to Antonio de Cabezón (1510-1566), a Spanish Renaissance composer and organist who was blind from childhood. Here is an image of a stamp honoring the composer, engraved by Vicente Morant Flores, and issued by Spain as a Europa stamp on May 3, 1985, Scott No. 2408, Edifil No. 2788, plus a YouTube link to a performance of Antonio de Cabezón's charming instrumental composition entitled Pavana con su glosa.
Happy Birthday to Serge Gainsbourg (born Lucien Ginsburg, 1928-1991), a French singer, songwriter, pianist, film composer, poet, painter, screenwriter, writer, actor and director. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Gainsbourg, designed by French graphic artist Aurélie Baras after a photograph by Tony Franck/Sygma, printed by photogravure, and issued by France on May 19, 2001, Scott No. 2821, Y&T No. 3393, plus an image of a photo of Serge Gainsbourg in 1981 by Claude Truong-Ngoc, and a link to a YouTube video of Serge Gainsbourg performing his hit pop song "Chez Les Yé Yé" (1963), accompanied by a vigorous (and hilarious) go-go style dance performance by his friend, French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel.
Here is an image of a stamp, with a se-tenant label, honoring Czech composer Antonín Leopold Dvorák (1841-1904), designed by Slovak graphic artist Ivan Schurmann (1935- ), combined engraved by Miloš Ondrácek (1936- ) and photogravure, and issued by Czechoslovakia on February 18, 1991, Scott No. 2820, plus a YouTube link to a charming performance of Dvorák's "Humoresque No 7 in G Flat Major" (1894), by Hungarian pianist Balázs Szokolay (1961- ). Bonus: Signature.
Happy Birthday to German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)! Here is an image of an airmail stamp featuring a portrait of Brahms and the first two bars of his famous composition Wiegenlied: Guten Abend, gute Nacht ("Good evening, good night"), Op. 49, No. 4, published in 1868, and commonly known as Brahms's Lullaby, designed and engraved by Jean Pheulpin, and issued by Niger on March 17, 1972 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the composer's death, Scott No. C180, plus a photograph of Johannes Brahms, and a YouTube link to a recording of Brahms's Lullaby by Turkish concert pianist Idil Biret (1941- ).
India honored 8 Indian musical maestros on stamps on 3rd September, 2014. While releasing these stamps the President of India said: " These eight maestros are, without a doubt, among the tallest luminaries in the history of world music. They have not only achieved personal perfection, but have made extraordinary contributions, in their respective fields, to the development and evolution of the schools of music in which their talents were nurtured and honed. Their contribution, and its enrichment of our cultural heritage cannot be quantified or estimated. It is infinite in its resonance and their names will be mentioned with great reverence. He further added that their music will be cherished by the young and old, for many decades to come."
All these stamps were also issued in sheetlets of 9 stamps.
Ali Akbar Khan (14 April 1922–18 June 2009), often referred by the title Ustad (master), was a Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana, known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod. Khan was instrumental in popularising Indian classical music in the West, both as a performer (often in conjunction with Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar), and as a teacher. He established a music school in Calcutta in 1956, and the Ali Akbar College of Music in 1967, which is now located in San Rafael, California and has a branch in Basel, Switzerland. Khan also composed several classical ragas and film scores. He was a Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (4 February 1922 – 24 January 2011) was an Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical tradition. He is known for the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music (bhajans and abhangs).
In 1998, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour conferred by India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. Subsequently, he received the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, in 2008.
Damal Krishnaswamy Pattammal (28 March 1919 – 16 July 2009)was a prominent Carnatic musician and a playback singer for film songs in many Indian languages. She along with her contemporaries M. S. Subbulakshmi and M. L. Vasanthakumari were popularly referred to as the Female trinity of Carnatic Music. This trio initiated the entry of women into mainstream Carnatic Music. She has been appreciated all over the world by Carnatic music lovers.
Gangubai Hangal (5 March 1913 – 21 July 2009) was an Indian singer of the khyal genre of Hindustani classical music, who was known for her deep and powerful voice. Hangal belonged to the Kirana gharana.
Kumar Gandharva (born 8th April, 1924 died 12th January 1992)was a Hindustani Classical singer noted for his unique vocal style and his refusal to be bound by the tradition of any gharana. He experimented with various forms of singing such as Nirguni bhajans (devotional songs), folk songs and with ragas. His innovative approach towards music led to creation of new ragas from combination of older ragas.
Mallikarjun Bheemarayappa Mansur (December 31, 1910 –1992) was an Indian classical singer of the khyal style in the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana of Hindustani classical music.
He received all three national Padma Awards, the Padma Shri in 1970, Padma Bhushan in 1976, and Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian honour given Government of India in 1992. In 1982, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour conferred by the India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.
Ravi Shankar 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012), his name often preceded by the title Pandit, was an Indian musician who was one of the best-known exponents of the sitar in the second half of the 20th century as well as a composer of Hindustani classical music. In 1956 he began to tour Europe and the Americas playing Indian classical music and increased its popularity there in the 1960s through teaching, performance, and his association with violinist Yehudi Menuhin and Beatles guitarist George Harrison. Shankar engaged Western music by writing compositions for sitar and orchestra. In 1999 Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna.
Ustad Vilayat Khan (August 28, 1928 – March 13, 2004) was one of India's well known sitar maestros. Along with Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan, Nikhil Banerjee and his younger brother Imrat Khan, Vilayat Khan was one of the great pioneers who introduced Indian Classical Music to the West. Widely regarded by many as the greatest sitarist of his generation.
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