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Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg

Ludwig-Ehrhardt-straße / Geschwister-Mendelssohn-Stieg

Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Hamburg 1804 - Leipzig 1847 and Hamburg 1805 - Berlin 1847
German composers
(Wikipedia: Felix – Fanny).

artist unknown
1997

Hamburg / Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Description

Two granite monuments with relief portraits and texts.

Inscription(s)

Left:

felix mendelssohn bartholdy
*03.02.1809 †04.11.1847

zum 150. todesjahr
gestiftet durch die
internationale
felix-mendelssohn-bartholdy
gesellschaft e.v. hamburg

On the back, music notation and:
felix mendelssohn bartholdy violinkonzert.

Right:

fanny hensel
geb. mendelssohn bartholdy
*14.11.1805 †14.05.1847
zum 150. todesjahr
gestiftet durch die
internationale
felix-mendelssohn-bartholdy
gesellschaft e.v. hamburg

On the back, music notation and:
schwanenlied
fanny hensel Es fällt ein Stern her_un_ter.

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Locatie (N 53°32'57" - E 9°58'46") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: dehh016; Photograph: 6 November 2008 / updated: 13 September 2009
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