Ernest Bloch (1880 – 1959) was a 20th-century Swiss-born American composer. His music reflects Jewish cultural and liturgical themes as well as European post-Romantic traditions. His notable works include opera Macbeth, piano suite Five Sketches in Sepia, Baal Shem Suite, tone poem Schelomo, and five string quartets. Ernest Bloch is honored in the stamp series "Jewish Composers" issued by the Israeli Postal Service on February 7, 1995.
Gustav Albert Lortzing (1801–1851) was a German composer, actor and singer. He is considered to be the main representative of the German comic opera. His main works are, "The Tsar and the Carpenter" and "The Poacher", both of which were quite satirical of political and social conditions of the times. A recording by the Bavarian Opera Company in Munich. (And thanks to Nethryk for showing me how to do the link!)
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 – 1959) was a Brazilian composer, described by some as the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music. Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer to date. A prolific composer, he wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works, totaling over 2000 works by his death in 1959. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and by stylistic elements from the European classical tradition, as exemplified by his Bachianas Brasileiras (Brazilian Bachian-pieces). His Preludes for Guitar are important works in the guitar repertory, and were inspired by Andrés Segovia. Some of his notable work includes A Floresta do Amazonas and operetta Magdalena: a Musical Adventure.
A stamp featuring Heitor Villa-Lobos was issued by the Brazilian Postal Service on April 26, 1977.
Ottorino Respighi (1879 – 1936) was an Italian composer and musicologist. He is perhaps best known for his Roman trilogy tone poems Fountains of Rome, Pines of Rome, and Roman Festivals, and the three suites of Ancient Airs and Dances. He also wrote a number of operas including Semirama, Maria egiziaca, La bella dormente nel bosco, La fiamma, and Belgafor, and the ballets La Boutique fantasque and The Ballad of the Gnomes. Poste Italiane issued a stamp on July 9, 1979 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ottorino Respoghi.
Happy Birthday to Joe Hill, born Joel Emmanuel Hägglund (1879-1915), a Swedish-American songwriter and labor activist. Here is an image of a stamp honoring Joe Hill, designed and engraved by Majvor Franzén-Matthews, and issued by Sweden on June 4, 1980, Scott No. 1325, Facit No. 1124, plus a photograph of the songwriter which was a model for this stamp's design, and a YouTube link to a performance of Joe Hill's song "The Preacher and the Slave" (tune by J.P. Webster) played by Harry K McClintock, along with a brief (1951) interview by Sam Eskin.
Arthur Honegger (1892 – 1955) was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. He was a member of Les Six. Honegger was a prolific composer in many genres, writing for the theatre and concert hall, as well as for the cinema. Much of his music from the 1920s is rhythmic, dissonant, and austere and shows great freedom in the treatment of tonality. His most successful orchestral works are Pacific 231, which was inspired by the sound of a steam locomotive, and Rugby, which reflected his love of the sport. Other notable works include oratorios Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher and La Danse des morts, operas Judith, Antigone, Amphion, ballets Skating Rink, Sémiramis, and chamber music. Bundespost issued a stamp on February 6, 1992 to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Arthur Honegger.
Paul Burkhard (1911 - 1977) was a Swiss composer. He primarily wrote oratorios, musicals and operettas. Probably his most famous artistic creation was the song Oh mein Papa (Oh my Papa), about the death of a beloved clown-father, written for the musical Der Schwarze Hecht (re-issued in 1950 as Feuerwerk) that premiered in April 1939. His other notable works include Die kleine Niederdorfoper, Frank V, Zäller Weihnacht, Noah, and Zäller Oschtere.
The Swiss Post issued a stamp on September 9, 2011 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Paul Burkhard.
Krzysztof Komeda (1931-1969) was a Polish film music composer and jazz pianist best known his film scores for several films directed by Roman Polanski (1933- ), including Knife in the Water (1962) and Rosemary's Baby (1968). Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of the composer and a keyboard, designed by Polish graphic artist Andrzej Pagowski (1953- ), printed by lithography, and issued by Poland on September 22, 1994, Scott No. 3211, plus an image of a photograph of Krzysztof Komeda which was a model for this stamp's design, and a YouTube link to a recording from the soundtrack of Knife in the Water, featuring Swedish jazz tenor saxophonist Bernt Rosengren (1937- ).
Saxophone Day: Zbigniew Seifert (1946-1979) was a Polish jazz violinist who also played alto saxophone and was strongly influenced by John Coltrane. Here is an image of a stamp depicting Seifert playing an alto saxophone, designed by Polish artist Waldemar Swierzy (c. 1931-2013), printed by lithography, and issued by Poland on September 25, 1996, Scott No. 3319, plus a photograph of Seifert in concert, and a YouTube video link to a recording of the Tomasz Stanko Quintet, featuring Zbigniew Seifert on alto sax, performing "Infinitely Small," from the album Music for K (1970) composed by Stanko in dedication to his former boss and compatriot, Kryzsztof Komeda.
Happy Birthday to German Romantic composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (1786-1826). Here is an image of a stamp depicting Weber and the score for the second movement ("Gloria") from his Mass in E flat major (1818), designed by Günter Gamroth, printed by lithography, and issued by (West) Germany on June 20, 1986 to commemorate the composer's birth centenary, Scott No. 1463, Michel No. 1284, plus an image of a painting of Weber by German artist Ferdinand Schimon (1797-1852), and a YouTube link to a recorded 1986 performance of Carl Maria von Weber's "Gloria" by the Bamberger Symphoniker and the Chor Der Bamberger Symphoniker.
Happy Birthday to Ignacy Jan Paderewski, GBE (1860-1941), a Polish pianist and composer, politician, and spokesman for Polish independence. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Paderewski as a young man, designed by Waldemar Andrzejewski (1934-1993), printed by photogravure, and issued by Poland on May 22, 1986 to publicize the AMERIPEX '86 Philatelic Exhibition, held in Chicago Illinois, the home of many people with Polish ancestry, Scott No. 2727, plus a photograph of Paderewski, and a YouTube video link to a 1938 piano performance by Ignacy Jan Paderewski of Frédéric Chopin's Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53.
Oksana Andreevna Petrusenko (1900-1940) was a Ukrainian lyric-dramatic soprano noted for her rich, expressive voice of great range. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of the singer, printed by lithography, and issued by Ukraine on February 11, 2000 to commemorate Petrusenko's birth centenary, Scott No. 374, plus a publicity photo of Petrusenko which was the model for this stamp's design, and a YouTube link to a recorded performance by Oksana Petrusenko of Natalka's aria from Natalka Poltavka (1889), an opera in three acts by the Ukrainian composer Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko (1842-1912).
Happy Birthday to Antonio Francisco Javier José Soler Ramos, aka Padre Antonio Soler (1729-1783), a Spanish composer best known for his keyboard sonatas, an important contribution to the harpsichord, fortepiano and organ repertoire. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of the composer, engraved by José Manuel Mata Martín (1931- ), and issued by Spain on May 14, 1983 to commemorate the bicentenary of Soler's death, plus an image of a painting of Soler which was probably the model for this stamp's design, and a YouTube link to a performance by Spanish pianist María Abad of Padre Antonio Soler's Sonata No.15 in D Minor.
Happy Birthday to Joaquín Turina Pérez (1882-1949), a Spanish composer whose music shows the influence of traditional Andalusian music and often conveys a feeling of rapture or exaltation. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of the composer, engraved by José Manuel Mata Martín (1931- ), and issued by Spain on May 14, 1983, plus an image of a photograph of Turina which was may have been the model for this stamp's design, and a YouTube link to a performance by the Damocles Trio of Joaquín Turina Pérez's Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 76 (1933).
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