Music Reliefs from the Beethoven monument in Bonn: The imagination. Church music. The symphony. Dramatic music

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Postcard with image of the four reliefs at the base of Hähnel's statue of Beethoven in Bonn

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Reliefs vom Bonner Beethovendenkmal: Die Phantasie. Kirchliche Musik. Die symphonie. Dramat. Musik

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Exhibited: The Beethovens on the Rhine (2020). Exhibition text: The four reliefs on the high pedestal depict female figures as allegories for four music genres: on the front, “Phantasia,” representing plays the harp and rides a sphynx, represent eternity; on the back, “Symphony” holds a lyre, while the four putti surrounding her represent the usual four movements of a symphony; on the left side, a woman playing an organ represents church music; on the right side, the woman holds a lyre and wears a mask to represent dramatic music.

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