100th birthday - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1952 - 1 Shilling

The brand motif shows a portrait of the founder and the first violinist of the Schrammel Quartet Josef Schrammel. His father came from the Waldviertel and worked there as a Ländler blower, in the main profession, like his ancestors, Weber. Josef Schrammel, who was born on 3 March 1852, together with his brother Hans and then-known guitarist Anton Strohmayer, formed a trio in 1878, which soon took a firm place in the Viennese music scene. A few years later, the clarinetist Georg Dänzer joined the "Original Schrammel Quartet" was born. With their genuine classical Viennese music they had great success everywhere. Also internationally her name was soon known. Her work includes around 200 works, including songs, marches, polkas and waltzes. The best known are, for example, "Weana Gmüat", "S heart of an authentic Weana" or "Vienna remains Vienna", to highlight only a few. The cooperation between the brothers Hans and Josef Schrammel proved especially fruitful, with Hans compiling more and Joseph dominating in the organizational and economic fields. When only two years after the death of his brother Josef Schrammel died in 1895, Schrammel music had already become the term of genuine Vienneseism.