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AUSTRIA, Macht der Töne [The Power of Sounds], 1911, a bronze medal by A. Hartig adapted...
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AUSTRIA, Macht der Töne [The Power of Sounds], 1911, a bronze medal by A. Hartig adapted for the 5. Österreichisches Sängerbundfest [5th Austrian Singers' Association Festival], Vienna, 1971, robed female standing singing, seated male harpist behind, standing audience at left, rev. legend in seven lines, 75mm (Hauser –; BDM VII, 420; cf. BSJ 52, 132; cf. Möller 68, 1358; cf. DNW 188, 787). Very fine; with clip and ring for suspension £20-£30
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Provenance: Bt Palais Starhemberg, Vienna, November 2008.
The Austrian Sängerbund, founded on 30 January 1949 in Vienna, is an umbrella organisation of Austrian choral associations, most of which were founded in the second half of the 19th century. Sängerbund festivals were held in Graz in 1950, Klagenfurt in 1954, Vienna in 1958 and 1971, Salzburg in 1963, Innsbruck in 1982 and Linz in 1990. The fifth festival took place from 1 to 4 July 1971, when the association participated in a group concert with a programme dedicated exclusively to the composer Ernst Tittel (1910-69), performed with his widow in the audience
AUSTRIA, Macht der Töne [The Power of Sounds], 1911, a bronze medal by A. Hartig adapted for the 5. Österreichisches Sängerbundfest [5th Austrian Singers' Association Festival], Vienna, 1971, robed female standing singing, seated male harpist behind, standing audience at left, rev. legend in seven lines, 75mm (Hauser –; BDM VII, 420; cf. BSJ 52, 132; cf. Möller 68, 1358; cf. DNW 188, 787). Very fine; with clip and ring for suspension £20-£30
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Provenance: Bt Palais Starhemberg, Vienna, November 2008.
The Austrian Sängerbund, founded on 30 January 1949 in Vienna, is an umbrella organisation of Austrian choral associations, most of which were founded in the second half of the 19th century. Sängerbund festivals were held in Graz in 1950, Klagenfurt in 1954, Vienna in 1958 and 1971, Salzburg in 1963, Innsbruck in 1982 and Linz in 1990. The fifth festival took place from 1 to 4 July 1971, when the association participated in a group concert with a programme dedicated exclusively to the composer Ernst Tittel (1910-69), performed with his widow in the audience
The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part III)
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