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Beethoven in
Central Park (Manhattan) and Prospect Park (Brookyln)
Verdi
Dvorak
Grieg
Ellington
Herbert
Tucker
Mozart
Von Weber
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Both these busts of Beethoven are by Henry Baerer. The one in Central Park dates to 1884, the one in Prospect Park to 1894.
This monument to Giuseppe Verdi by Pasquale Civiletti (1906) is at West 73rd St. and Broadway. For more on Verdi, click here. To identify a particular image, please refer to the caption that appears when you move your cursor over the image.
The bust of Antonin Dvorak is at the northwest corner of Stuyvesant Square Park, near 17th St. and Perlman Place (between 1st and 2nd Aves.). It was created by Ivan Mestrovic in 1963.
Edvard Grieg stands in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, facing the Wollman Rink. Dedicated in 1914, it is the work of Sigvald Asbjornsen.
Duke Ellington, by Robert Graham, is at the northeast corner of Central Park (Fifth Ave. and 110th St.). It was dedicated in 1997.
Victor Herbert, by Edmond T. Quinn, was dedicated in 1927. It's in Central Park near the Beethoven bust.
Richard Tucker, by Milton Hebald (1979) is near Lincoln Center, 66th St. and Broadway. See also the Salute to Tucker. Hebald's official website is http://www.miltonhebald.com .
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart stands in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, facing the Wollman Rink. The sculpture by Augustus Max Johannes Mueller was dedicated in 1897.
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst Von Weber stands in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, facing the Wollman Rink. The sculpture by Chester Beach was dedicated in 1909.
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