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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2020
to all members and friends of Motivgruppe Musik



Frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes Neues Jahr

Joyeux Noel et Bonne Année

Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar

Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo

Meri Kurisumasu soshite Akemashite Omedeto

Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo

Feliz Natal e um Prospero Ano Novo

S nastupaiushchim Novym godom i s Rozhdestvom Khristovym

God Jul Och Ett Gott Nytt Ar

Wesolych Swiat i Szczesliwego Nowego Roku


Noeliniz ve yeni yiliniz kutlu olsun

Z novym rokom i s rizdvom Hrystovym

Craciun fericit si un an nou fericit

Nixtieklek Milied tajjeb u is-sena t-tabja

Linksmu Kaledu

Kellemes karacsonyi uennepeket es boldog ujevet

Hronia polla ke eftihismenos o kenourios hronos

Glaedelig Jul og godt nytaar

Stastne a vesele vanoce a stastny novy rok

Shen tan jie kuai le. Hsin Nien Kuaile

Shnorhavor Nor Dari yev Surp Dznunt

Filatelistisch Personenregister van Musici


Filatelistisch Personenregister van Musici
(Philatelic Register of Musicians)

 
Authors: Arie Haasnoot / Wolter van der Zwaan
(Members of Motivgruppe Musik e.V.)
 
Issued 2019 / 243 pages / Dutch / 250 coloured images
Price: 19.50 €
The book can be ordered from the authors

 
The lexicon contains about 4500 names of musicians. There is also a chapter “National Anthems” and an overview of music groups of popular music.

New Books: Music Lexikon – Persons on Stamps



Das große Musik-Lexikon
Personen auf Briefmarken von 1840 – 2015

(Musik Lexikon – Persons on Stamps)

 
Author: Manfred Gorol
(Member of Motivgruppe Musik e.V.)
 
1,600 pages / German / Price: 150.- € + postage
The lexicon can be ordered from the author


It would certainly require a lot of work: the author was well aware of that when in the 1990s he began his endeavor to compile a lexicon of all persons with any known musical activity who also appeared on a postage stamp. But that it would take more than 25 years of intensive research to complete the project was then beyond his wildest dreams.
At PHILA MUSICA 2019 Manfred Gorol could finally show his work. “Das große Musiklexikon – Personen auf Briefmarken von 1840-2015” numbers 4 volumes and presents in around 1,600 pages more than 12,000 concise portraits from “Aabel, Per” (Norway, Michel 1372) to “Zylberstein, Elsa” (Guinea, Michel 6562 and Comores, Block 499). The concise portraits never exceed four lines and are always supplemented with references to the relevant stamps (country, date of issue, Michel number). Thus this lexicon contains some 12,000 comprehensive checklists, including issues up to 2015.

In memoriam: Mariss Jansons


On 30 November 2019, the Latvian conductor Mariss Jansons died at the age of 76 years. Jansons was born on January 14, 1943 in Riga. He studied violin, piano and conducting at the Leningrad Conservatory and in 1969 went to Austria, where he continued his education with Hans Swarowsky and Herbert von Karajan. In 1973 he became deputy conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, from 1979 to 2000 he conducted the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1992 he became Principal Guest Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Chief Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1997, and since 2003 Chief Conductor of the Bavarian Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he was chief conductor of the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra from 2004 to 2015. In 2006, 2012 and 2016, Mariss Jansons conducted the New Year’s Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic. After many important honors and awards, he received the “Opus Klassik 2019” on October 13, 2019 for his life’s work.


Austria 1.1.2006


 

PHILA MUSICA 2019

Get-together 2019
7.-10.6.2019 in Bad Mondorf / Luxembourg
on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of our
Philatelic Music Study Group



 
57 participants from Germany, France, Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic came to Bad Mondorf for our birthday party. The stamp exhibition EXPHIMO / PHILA MUSICA 2019 was a worthy setting for this event.
 

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“Der Musikus” No. 139 has been issued



Our bulletin “Der Musikus” No. 139 has been issued.
Every country can boast many musicians who were tops in their field, although very few of these had any chance of ever being commemorated on a postage stamp. For our 60th anniversary five members from five countries have each chosen such a musician, whom they present to you in this issue and who will be commemorated by our study group with a personalized stamp.
Take a look at the table of content.
Members of Motivgruppe Musik can read the bulletin online.
 
Table of content  “Der Musikus” – Archive (members only)