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Johannes Brahms & Georg Friedrich HändelJohannes Brahms (Hamburg 1833 - Wien 1897)German composer and pianist (Wikipedia) Händel: Halle an der Saale 1685 - London 1759, German-English composer (Wikipedia) |
Walter Zehle
1904-08 |
Händel
Built as the "Musikhalle" ("Concert Hall") in 1904-1908, architects M. Haller & W.E. Meerwein. Funded by shipping family Carl H. & Sophie Laeisz.
Note busts of musicians decorating the exterior. Inside there is a Brahms memorial, 1909 by Max Klinger, and a Laeisz memorial.
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