In many countries there are special postmarks to commemorate musical events or first day cancellations for new music stamps. The list of music related postmarks in the members-only-section is updated several times per month.
6.7.: Estonia / Italy / Austria / Germany / Latvia / India / Russia / Switzerland / USA / Moldova / Bosnia and Herzegovina
27.7.: Germany / USA / Serbia / Poland / India / Great Britain / Italy / Uruguay
13.9.: Armenia / Croatia / Germany / Japan / USA / India / Italy / Czech Republic / Guatemala / Latvia
14.9.: Paraguay
28.9.: Germany / Bulgaria / Spain
The library of our study group contains an extensive collection of philatelic magazine articles from all areas of music philately. These articles can be read online by our members.
The new articles deal with the following topics, among others: Comicstrip / Johann-Baptiste Krumpholz / East German Culture Days 1941 / Bookmarks and record postcards / Shepherd’s Dance Couple / Wacken Open Air / Augsburg Peace Celebration / Antonio Salieri / German Fairy Tale Route
On September 10, 2025, during a short vacation in Stockholm, Peter Lang met Eva Wilsson, the designer of the most popular music stamp of 2024, to present the Yehudi-Menuhin-Trophy.
What better place than the ABBA Museum to present the trophy to the designer of an ABBA stamp?
The team behind the stamp: Designer Eva Wilsson, Stina Olofsdotter-Miltell, Head of Philately at PostNord Sweden, Project Manager Barbro Sjöberg, and photographer Per Myrehed.
In many countries there are special postmarks to commemorate musical events or first day cancellations for new music stamps. The list of music related postmarks in the members-only-section is updated several times per month.
2.2.: Bulgaria
22.3.: Armenia / France
30.4.: Spain
1.5.: Great Britain / Slowenia
14.9.: Austria / Slovakia / United Kingdom
On Friday afternoon (October 24th), members of Motivgruppe Musik will enjoy a guided city tour with the Ulm Town Musician. On Saturday morning (October 25th), interested members and visitors can receive an introduction to the music exhibits on display.
Our newsletter “Der Musikus” No. 164 has been issued.
In this issue, we begin a series on opera and opera houses in Latin America.
In addition to numerous articles about composers and performers, there is of course also an extensive list of new issues.
Take a look at the table of contents. Members of Motivgruppe Musik can read the entire issue online in the members’ area.
The Austrian composer Leo Fall was born on February 2, 1873, in Olomouc. He died on September 16, 1925, in Vienna. September 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of his death.
Leo Fall and his two brothers were destined for a professional future. Sons of a military bandmaster who also composed dance music and operettas, they could read music before they even learned to write. Leo Fall attended the Vienna Conservatory and began his career as an orchestral musician in a Berlin variety show. From 1892 to 1898, he worked as a conductor in Hamburg, then held the same position in Berlin at the Central Theater (1898-1901), the Metropol Theater (1901/1902), and the Secession Theater (1902/1903). When his first operas remained unsuccessful, he became the house composer of the Berlin cabaret “Böse Buben” at the Berlin Künstlerhaus, where
Austria 16.9.1975
he wrote the music for numerous couplets.From 1906 onwards, Leo Fall devoted himself exclusively to composition, and between 1907 and 1908 he finally achieved his breakthrough as an operetta composer with the three operettas “Der fidele Bauer”, “Die Dollarprinzessin” (The Dollar Princess), and “Die geschiedene Frau” (The Divorced Woman). With his works, which range from the Viennese waltz, the hits of the 1920s, and the beginnings of jazz, Leo Fall, alongside Franz Lehár, Oscar Straus, and Robert Stolz, is one of the great names of the so-called “Silver Operetta.” Many songs from his operettas have been released on record by well-known artists. The singer Fritzi Massary played a significant role in the success of his later operettas; for her, Leo Fall composed the leading roles in, for example, “Die Kaiserin” (1916), “Rose von Stambul” (1916), and “Madame Pompadour” (1922).
The video shows two numbers from the operetta film “Der liebe Augustin” (1962) by Leo Fall.
Peter Minich and Christine Görner sing “And the sky hangs full of violins” and
Christine Görner, Heinz Maria Lins, and Friedel Blasius sing “Where is that written?”
