Mozart Monument, Vienna
{{short description|Monument in Vienna, Austria}}
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| name = Mozart Monument, Vienna
| native_name = Mozart-Denkmal
| image = Wien - Mozartdenkmal (1).JPG
| caption = The monument in the Burggarten
| location = Burggarten, Innere Stadt, Vienna, Austria
| designer = Karl König
Viktor Tilgner
| type = Statue
| material = Marble
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| height = 7.5 mt
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| open = April 21, 1896
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| dedicated_to = Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
| map_name = Austria Vienna
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| coordinates = {{coord|48|12|14.76|N|16|21|53.28|E||display=inline,title}}
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The Mozart Monument ({{langx|de|Mozart-Denkmal}}) is a monument located in the {{interlanguage link|Burggarten (Vienna)|de|Burggarten (Wien)|lt=Burggarten}} in the Innere Stadt district of Vienna, Austria since 1953.{{cite book |language=de|last=Czeike |first=Felix|author-link=Felix Czeike|chapter=Mozartdenkmal|title=Historisches Lexikon Wien |publisher=Kremayr & Scheriau |place=Vienna|year=1995|isbn=3-218-00546-9 |volume=4 (L–R)|page=306|url=https://www.digital.wienbibliothek.at/wbrobv/content/pageview/1115148 |access-date=February 10, 2019}} It is dedicated to composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791).
This 7.5-meter-high statue was made by architect {{interlanguage link|Karl König (architect)|de|Karl König (Architekt)|lt=Karl König}} (1841–1915) and sculptor Viktor Tilgner (1844–1896) and was unveiled at Albrechtsplatz (today {{interlanguage link|Albertinaplatz|de}}) on April 21, 1896,{{cite book |language=de| first=Matthias |last=Settele | title=Denkmal - Wiener Stadtgeschichten Vom Walzerkönig bis zur Spinnerin am Kreuz | edition=2nd | publisher=Deuticke | place=Wien | year=1996 | isbn=3-216-30196-6 | pages=118–119}} five days after Tilgner died. Tilgner's signature was completed with his death date.{{cite web |language=de | url=http://www.viennatouristguide.at/Ring/Denkmal_Bild/z_mozart.htm | title=Denkmäler der Wiener Ringstraße – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | first=Hedwig |last=Abraham |website=viennatouristguide.at| access-date=December 1, 2014}}
Description
The sculptures are made of {{interlanguage link|Laas marble|de|Laaser Marmor}} from the Vinschgau, South Tyrol, whereas the steps of the foundation are made of dark diorite.{{cite book |language=de|first1=Robert |last1=Seemann |first2=Herbert |last2=Summesberger |title=Wiener Steinwanderwege, die Geologie der Großstadt |chapter=Mozart-Denkmal |publisher=Verlag Christian Brandstätter |place=Vienna|year=1999 |isbn=3-85447-787-2 |page=128}} The statue features componist Mozart with a music stand. The socle is adorned with ornaments, masks and wreaths and is framed within a semi-circular balustrade made of rough marble from Sterzing. The putti on the socle, which represent the power of Mozart's music, are stylistically suggestive of Art Nouveau.
On the front, a relief refers to two scenes of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni. The back side relief, based on a design by Louis Carmontelle, represents the six-year-old Mozart playing music with his father Leopold and his sister Nannerl.
File:Mozartdenkmal Wien Inschrift.jpg|Putti and Tilgner's signature
File:Mozartdenkmal z08.JPG|Relief on the back side
File:Mozart family crop.jpg|Louis Carmontelle's template for the back side of the monument
History
Funds were raised for a Mozart Monument 77 years before the statue was unveiled. But choosing the design and the location of the monument was problematic. Several proposals included Rathauspark, Stadtpark and Albrechtplatz. Two art competitions were organised to select the design of the monument. Tilgner's design came second in the professional jury's choice, but was selected by the Mozart Monument Committee over Edmund von Hellmer's draft.
The monument was damaged by the bombing of Vienna on March 12, 1945, before it was restored and placed at its actual location in the Burggaten on June 5, 1953. During the restoration, two sand-lime brick columns were added to the monument.
In 1992, the city of Vienna gifted a copy of the monument to Tokyo.
File:Vienna Mozart statue and Sol key.jpg|Vienna Mozart statue and Sol key
File:Mozart Denkmal in Wien.jpg|The monument at its original location (c. 1900)
File:USIS - Mozartdenkmal Burggarten 1 crop.jpg|The pedestal being installed in the Burggarten (April 17, 1953)
File:USIS - Mozartdenkmal Burggarten 3.jpg|The newly erected monument (June 17, 1953)
References
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Category:Cultural depictions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Category:Tourist attractions in Vienna
Category:Buildings and structures in Innere Stadt