Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

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1. Phantasie / Fantasy, a Greek sphinx with a female head and lion's body and -chest, steered by a lyre playing Muse
   With the text:

   LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN geb. zu Bonn MDCCLXX.

2. Die dramatische Musik / Dramatic music, a female figure with a mask on her lap, referring to 'Egmont' and 'Coriolanus', and especially to the opera for which Beethoven has written four overtures, 'Fidelio'.
3. Die Symphonie / The Symphony. Euterpe, the muse of music, surrounded by four geniuses symbolizing the four movements, they hold respectively a sword (the 1st movement - Allegro con brio), a torch of life upside down (the 2nd movement (funeral- march), the 3rd movement - Scherzo is represented by a genius holding in one hand the castanets, in the other he swings the Dionysian thyrsus wand with pine apple, symbol of fertility and rapturous joy. The 4th movement, Allegro molto, is a genius swinging a triangle, a symbol of joy and sounding dissolved jubilation.
4. Geistliche Musik / Sacred Music, embodied by the Saint Cecilia, the patroness of church music. This relief refers to Beethoven's masses (C major Mass, Opus 86 and 'Missa solemnis').

Signature

Sculptor

• Ernst Julius Hähnel (Dresden 1811 - id. 1891), German sculptor, his portrait is on the Fürstenzug (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Wikipedia, Liste der Personen-Denkmäler in Bonn.
• Wikipedia, Beethoven-Denkmal (Bonner Münsterplatz).
• Wikipedia, Liste der Beethoven-Denkmäler.

Tags

Locatie (N 50°44'3" - E 7°5'57") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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