URU - 2014 - #026 - DESCRIPTION - MASTER FEDERICO GARCÍA VIGIL

Uruguay - 2014 - Remarkable Personalities of Uruguay, Master Federico García Vigil ( Previous/ Next)

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SERIE--- 1,00 EUR
VERTICAL STRIP x3 with VARIATION --- 25,00 EUR
SERIE [2X2]--- 4,00 EUR
BLOCK--- 9,00 EUR
FDC not Sent --- 2,00 EUR
FDC not Sent AUTOGRAPHED by FEDERICO GARCÍA VIGIL --- 90,00 EUR
FDC Sent on First Day --- 9,00 EUR
COVER Sent on First Day --- 7,00 EUR

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Issue information:

Country: Uruguay
Date: August 13th, 2014
Printed: 15.003 copies

Stamp Shape and Size: Rectangular [27 mm. x 39 mm.] 
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated

Block Configuration: 9 stamps [3 x 3]
Block Shape and Size: Rectangular [109 mm. x 153 mm.]

FDC Type: Cover special for this issue
FDC not sent Shape and Size: Rectangular [165 mm. x 90 mm.]
FDC sent on issue day Shape and Size: Rectangular [165 mm. x 90 mm.]

Cover Shape and Size: Rectangular [240 mm. x 160 mm.]

Catalogue information:

Michel: No Data Available
Ivert: No Data Available
Scott: No Data Available
Stanley & Gibbons: No Data Available

Topics:

Issue:

As Main Topic: The most direct and popular one will be Music or Musicians, and of course that one included in a wider Arts Topic.

Then, inside MusicTopic, the release is obviously focus on the Personalityof Master Federico García Vigil, an Uruguayan Orchestra Conductor and Composer that conduct, from 1993 to 2008 the "Orquesta Filarmónica de Montevideo", the Montevideo City Orchestra, so Uruguayan Musiciansand Classical Musicare more accuracy Topics for this release.

Also, a wider Uruguayan Personalities could be selected as Main Topic of this issue, not only as an immediate generalization of Uruguayan Musicians, also because this release is explicitly issued with this objective, as it is a Traditional Annual Series, that commemorate Remarkable Personalities of Uruguay.

Then, surrounding the main topic, could be found the followings:As Federico García Vigilwas also an Opera Conductor, the Topics: Operaand a wider Theatreare also included in this release.

The Music InstrumentDouble Bass, Upright Bass, String Bass, Contrabass, Bass Viol, Stand-up Bass, Bull Fiddle, could be related to this issue too, as it was the instrument that Federico García Vigilplayed before being Orchestra Conductor.

And taking another approach, also other Musical Stylesbesides Classical Musiccould be related to the Personalityof Federico García Vigil, specially Candombe, Tango, and also other Folkloric Musics from Uruguay, as in his career he mixed both traditionally not nearby music domains.

A last relation of this issue through the Personality of Federico García Vigil could be that on the early 60s, in the Cuban Revolutionary Process, was hired to work in the Orchestra of Ballet Alicia Alonso in Havana. The profound change in Society that the Revolution was occurring amazed Federico, who initially Sympathized with the Revolutionary Movement.

Now, regarding the desing of the stamps: As it includes a Pictureof Federico García Vigilat the moment in which he is Conductingan Orchestra, surely the Montevideo City Orchestra, besides the Photography Topic, also some other minor Topics could be identified, that are: First, Conducting Baton, rarely seen on stamps, then Watch, and also Moustache, Hands, and Grey Hair.

Finally, in a more symbolic way: This release, puts Arts, and in particular Music, in a relevant place, as in this year is a Personality of this scope, one of the selected for the Annual Series of Remarkable People from Uruguay. Also, the selection of Federico García Vigil in particular, broaden the spectrum of Music that the release refers, because although by selecting him it clearly focus in Classical Music, as he was a Musicianthat seeks to unite this, in a way Aristocratic Music, to the popular and traditional styles from Uruguay, the issue touches many Musicals Styles and not only Classical Music. This, and his sympathy with the Cuban Revolutionary Process, also relate this issue with Socialism.

Also, the Orchestra Conducting, could be seen as a symbol of Leadership, so this could be another view for this Issue too.

Block:

The block: Reinforce the relation with the Orchestra Conducting Topic, because the icon selected to show the inks used in the Release is an Orchestra Conductorin action, with the addition that the Lectern for the Musical Score is shown too.

Also Flagscould be a topic added by the Block as, on the top of it, where it is placed the legend "Personalidades Destacadas del Uruguay", that means "Remarkable Personalities from Uruguay", a Ribbonwith the pattern of the Flag of Uruguay slides behind the legend.

FDC:

The desing of the First Day Cancelation: Only reinforces already existing topics, that are: Conducting Baton, and Hands, as both appears in the Cancelation, and as in the Block, a Ribbon with the pattern of the Flag of Uruguay slides behind the legend "Personalidades Destacadas del Uruguay", that means "Remarkable Personalities from Uruguay", so Flags topic is added too, by the Cover.

If you consider that there are another topics in this stamp, that were not spot in this review, you are encouraged to telling me about them, so please do not hesitate to post a comment. I would appreciate your help very much.