Family of famous composer requests centenary stamp

THE family of a legendary composer who taught music at University College Cork (UCC) over five decades has asked An Post to issue a stamp to commemorate the centenary of his birth.

Aloys Fleischmann’s daughter, Ruth, who lives in Herford, Germany, has written to the chairman of An Post, John Fitzgerald, asking him to consider her family’s proposal. Cork City Council has lent its support to the campaign.

She said her family felt that a commemorative postal stamp would be a wonderful tribute to her father’s life’s work.