Austria: Franz Lehár

Last Tuesday I got three postcards: one from Austria, one from Italy and one from Germany.

The card from Austria shows Franz Lehár. Franz Lehár was an Austro-Hungarian composer. He was born in a town in modern-day Slovakia in 1870, studied violin at the Prague Conservatory and later became a part of the cultural milieu in Vienna. As composer he was self-taught. He is mainly known for his operettas, of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow, and is considered to be one of the founders of the Silver Operetta Era in Vienna. Franz Lehár died in Bad Ischl in 1948.

For Lehár's 150th birthday a new stamp was issued on 11th July 2020, more than two months after his actual birthday. I especially like the special postmark from Bad Ischl.

Thank You very much Anita!