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Walter Meyer <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:31:07 -0500
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Aaron Rabushka wrote:

>Although I can't recall the denominations involved, I do remember seeing
>Polish banknotes featuring Chopin (as well as Copernicus and Maria
>Sklodowska-Curie).  Are there any other composers who appear on money
>anywhere? If one counts Benjamin Franklin's string quartet he is the only
>composer to appear on any US money, and I'm positive that that wasn't why
>he was picked.

During their occupation of Poland, the Germans issued a postage stamp for
use there bearing the likeness of Jozef Elsner, teacher of Chopin, acted
by Paul Muni in *Song to Remember*.

Walter Meyer

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