His imprint is found in Fairmount Park, Central Park in New York, Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Washington and Jackson Parks in Chicago, Back Bay Fens park in Boston, and Mount Royal Park in Montreal. He also planned the grounds surrounding the U.S. Capitol and the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 in Chicago.
First-day requests should be sent to Frederick Law Olmsted Stamp, Postmaster, 25 Dorchester Ave., Boston, Mass. 02205-9991.
Music makers. A stamp recognizing Hollywood composers - all Academy Award recipients - continues the Legends of American Music Series that made its debut in 1993. First-day ceremonies will be held Thursday in the Hollywood Bowl. Those honored:
Max Steiner (1888-1971), who composed an operetta at 14, provided music for more than 200 films, including Gone With the Wind, Now Voyager and Since You Went Away.
Dimitri Tiomkin (1894-1979), former concert pianist, won Oscars for High Noon, The High and the Mighty and The Old Man and the Sea.
Alfred Newman (1900-1970), starred as a pianist in vaudeville, composed scores for Alexander's Ragtime Band, The Song of Bernadette, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, and Camelot.
Bernard Herrmann (1911- 1975), who won a composition prize at 13, wrote the score for All That Money Can Buy and worked with Alfred Hitchcock on several films, including Vertigo and Psycho.
Franz Waxman (1906-1967), onetime cabaret pianist in Berlin, boasted musical credits for Sunset Boulevard, A Place in the Sun, Rebecca, Objective Burma and The Nun's Story.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957), a child prodigy in Vienna, composed the music for Anthony Adverse and The Adventures of Robin Hood.
First-day requests should be sent to Hollywood Composers Stamps, Postmaster, 7001 South Central Ave., Room 051, Los Angeles, Calif. 90052-9991.
