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Stadt Leipzig Sachsen Dittrichring |
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdyborn and known as Felix Mendelssohn; Hamburg 1804 - Leipzig 1847German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period (Wikipedia) |
Werner Stein & Christian Schulze
Kunstgießerei Lauchhammer 1892 (replica 2008) |
Statue of Mendelssohn with toga, holding a music roll in his left hand and a baton in his right. He stands in front of a music stand, a reference to the fact that he was the first conductor to act in the modern sense. On the rRight side of plinth sits Euterpe, the Muse of Music, on the steps, leaning on a lyre. On each side are two putti making music, the left singing, the right playing the flute and violin. On the left side of the plinth, an organ in a medallion symbolises sacred music; on the right side, masks, a vase with a dance scene, flutes and a sword represent secular music.
The statue was melted during World War II, and in 1947 a much more simple monument was erected as a replacement.
In 2008 the statue was reconstructed by the sculptor Christian Schulze on the basis of photogrammetrically measured old photos.
 Euterpe |
 Putti playing the flute and violin. |
 Singing putti. |
 Symbols of secular music. |
 Organ. |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY |
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rekonstruktion des denkmals für felix mendelssohn bartholdy. 1892 vor dem gewandhaus in der grassistraße errichtet. 1936 von den nationalsozialisten entfernt und seither verschollen. auf initiative der felix-mendelssohn- bartholdy-stiftung nach foto- grafischen vorlagen erstellt. oktober 2008 |
Reconstruction of the monument to Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. In 1892 erected in front of the Gewandhaus in the Grassistraße. In 1936 removed by the national socialists and since then been lost. On the initiative of the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Foundation made after photo- graphic examples. October 2008 |
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2005-2008 gefördert von: - Stadt Leipzig - - Regierungspräsidium Leipzig - - Dr. Wolfgang & Senator Klaus Jentzsch - - Felix-Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Stiftung Leipzig - - Dr. Jürgen & Christina Friedel - Sparkasse Leipzig - - Gästeführungen Leipzig und Umland e.V. - - Elisabeth Jühe - Ludwig Keller - Tilmann Löser - - Andreas Reuter - Pfarrer Martin Speck - |
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