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Johannes Brahms

(Hamburg 1833 - Wien 1897)
German composer and pianist
(Wikipedia)

Maria Fellinger
1910 (copy)

Description

Stone bust, copy of the bronze bust in the museum.

Maria Fellinger (acquaintance of Brahms) created a bust, which she handed over to Doctor Dr. Adalbert Kupferschmied. After Kupferschmied's death, Toni Schruf (1863-1932) ceremoniously unveiled the bust in the castle garden of the hotel in 1910, in presence of Brahms biographer M. Kalbeck. After Schruf's death, the bust reached the attic of the town hall and was only put up in 1950 on today's Dietrichplatz. Later it was replaced by a stone copy.

Inscription(s)

johannes
BRAHMS
schuf hier
in den Sommermonaten
1884 und 1885
seine IV. Symphonie
Op. 98

Johannes
BRAHMS
created here
in the summer months
of 1884 and 1885
his Fourth Symphony
Op. 98

Signature

Maria Fellinger ...

Sculptor

Maria Fellinger, Austrian sculptor.

Sources & Information

Max Kalbeck, Johannes Brahms (Groçe Komponisten) (Google books).
Karl Kreuzer, Auf den Spuren von Johannes Brahms in Österreich, Mürzzuschlag.
Musiklexikon, Mürzzuschlag.

Locatie (N 47°36'18" - E 15°40'18") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: atst134; Photograph: 13 September 2016
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