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This is a List of memorials to composers.

It includes monuments, statues, busts by notable sculptors, museums, theatres, concert halls, parks, and similar places.

It does not list small plaques, portraits, music competitions, geographical features, or other things named in commemoration of composers.

Composer Name Location Date Creator Comments
Johann Sebastian Bach St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, Germany 1908
Ludwig van Beethoven Beethoven Monument Bonn, Germany 1845 Ernst Julius Hähnel The first statue to a composer ever erected in Germany.
Frédéric Chopin Chopin Statue Warsaw, Poland 1926 Wacław Szymanowski Destroyed by German forces 1940; rebuilt 1958
Frédéric Chopin monument Żelazowa Wola, Poland 1969 Józef Gosławski
Birthplace of Frédéric Chopin
Chopin Park Chicago, USA
John Coltrane John Coltrane Home Huntington, New York, USA
Mikhail Glinka Saint Petersburg, Russia
Kiev, Ukraine
George Frideric Handel Statue "George Frederick Handel" [sic] Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK 1738 Louis-François Roubiliac
Franz Lehár Stadtpark, Vienna, Austria
Gustav Mahler Statue Jihlava 2010 Jan Koblasa Unveiled on 7 July 2010, Mahler's 150th anniversary[1]
Statue Horácké Theatre, Jihlava Martin Laštovička [2]
Statue Toblach, Italy [2]
Bust Milan Knobloch [2]
Bust Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York[3] Auguste Rodin Presented by Alma Mahler to the Vienna Opera but later removed.[4]
other --> At Guido Adler's instigation, a "Gustav Mahler Monument Committee" was founded on 29 November 1926 to create a Mahler monument in Vienna.[5] This project was shelved after the Anschluss and was never revived.[4] There was a street in Vienna named after Mahler, but it was renamed Meistersinger Street.[4]
Felix Mendelssohn St. Thomas Church, Leipzig, Germany 2008 The original statue designed by Werner Stein was first dedicated on May 26, 1892. It had been located on the east side of the Gewandhaus until November 9, 1936 when it was taken down by the National Socialists (Nazis) because of the composer’s Jewish background.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Vienna, Austria
Sergei Rachmaninoff Veliky Novgorod, Russia 2009 A. Rukavishnikov Unveiled 14 June 2009
"The Last Concert" World's Fair Park, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA Victor Bokarev
Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schönberg Center Vienna, Austria 1998
Schoenberg House Mödling, near Vienna 1999
Franz Schubert Stadtpark, Vienna, Austria 1872 Karl Kundmann Unveiled 15 May 1872[6][7]
Jean Sibelius 70px Sibelius Monument Sibelius Park, Helsinki, Finland 1967 Eila Hiltunen
UNESCO headquarters, Paris, France Smaller copy of the above
Robert Stolz Stadtpark, Vienna, Austria
Johann Strauss II Stadtpark, Vienna, Austria 1921 Edmund Hellmer
Igor Stravinsky Stravinsky Fountain Place Stravinsky, near Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France 1983 Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle This contains no likeness of Stravinsky, but contains 16 sculptures that are inspired by his musical works.
Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Verdi Monument Verdi Square, New York City, USA 1906 Pasquale Civiletti

References

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  1. ^ Gustav Mahler 2010
  2. ^ a b c The Mahler Monument in Jihlava
  3. ^ FrugalFun.com
  4. ^ a b c Donald Mitchell, Gustav Mahler: The Wunderhorn Years: Chronicles and Commentaries
  5. ^ Gustav Mahler and Guido Adler: Records of a Friendship
  6. ^ Schubert memorial places
  7. ^ Scott Messing, Schubert in the European Imagination: Fin-de-siècle Vienna

See also

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