Postcards was written in 1991 for the Vega Wind Quintet, who first performed it at the Huddersfield Festival in the same year. It is a reworking of a set of eight Bagatelles written in 1965: each movement has been rewritten and enlarged to a greater or lesser extent. The title was chosen to emphasise the nature of the pieces, which are in a sense brief postcards from different genres (fugato, dance, etc). John McCabe (1939-2015) was a British composer, pianist and music administrator. He studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music and built a career as a virtuoso pianist. However, he also wrote several hundred musical compositions, ranging from large-scale orchestral works to chamber music and solo instrumental pieces - it is said the only classical genre he did not write for was opera.
| Instrument (fx guitar, sang m.m.) | Blæser Kvintet |
| Genrer (Fx Pop, Rock, Børn m.m.) | Post-1900 |
| Type (fx Instrumentskole o.lign.) | Instrumentalværk |
| Sideantal | 60 |
| Media (fx Bog, CD, DVD m.m.) | Noder |
| Publisher/Producent | Novello, Novello & Co Ltd. |
| Bidragydere | McCabe, John (Artist) |
| Sprog | Engelsk |