Joachim monument

Girl Playing the Lyre (left) and Girl Playing the Lute (right), today in the Alte Nationalgalerie, which originally flanked a bust of Joachim (center).^[1]^[2]

The Joachim monument (Joachimdenkmal) was a monument to Hungarian composer and teacher Joseph Joachim sculpted by Adolf von Hildebrand.^[3] It is today best known for two of its component sculptures, Girl Playing the Lyre (Lyraspielendes Mädchen) and Girl Playing the Lute (Lautespielendes Mädchen), both now in the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin, Germany.^[2]

History

The monument was commissioned in 1909 and unveiled on June 5 1913, in the great hall of the Hochschule für Musik Berlin (now the Berlin University of the Arts).^[4]^[5] Joachim had been the director of that institute many years.^[1] The monument was funded by subscription, including by the Mendelssohn family.^[3]^[5]

The monument had at its centre a bust of Joachim flanked on either side by two statues of girls playing a Lyre and a Lute.^[1]^[2] Alte Nationalgalerie describes the bust as having a "visionary" look. It was partially based on a previous bust Hildebrand had created of Joachim.^[6]

Due to Joachim's Jewish heritage the monument was dismantled in 1938, during the Nazi period, and the sculptures moved to a basement.^[4]^[2] This ironically saved the statues from destruction when the great hall was destroyed in a bombing raid.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Clive, Peter (2006). "Hildebrand, Adolf Von". Brahms and His World: A Biographical Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. pp. 223–224.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Luchmann, Roland (2002). "Lautespielendes und Lyraspielendes Mädchen. Zur Restaurierung zweier Skulpturen von Adolf von Hildebrand". Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen. 44: 285–287. ISSN 0075-2207. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
^ ^a ^b Schenk, Dietmar. "The University of Music and the Mendelssohn Family". Universität der Künste Berlin. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
^ ^a ^b Schenk, Dietmar (2004). Die Hochschule für Musik zu Berlin: Preussens Konservatorium zwischen romantischem Klassizismus und neuer Musik, 1869-1932/33 (in German). Franz Steiner Verlag. pp. 55–57. ISBN 978-3-515-08328-7.
^ ^a ^b "Occasional Notes". The Musical Times. 50 (798): 514–517. 1909. ISSN 0027-4666. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
^ Deseyve, Yvette. "Joseph Joachim: Bust". Nationalgalerie. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Retrieved 6 March 2025.

External link

"Lute playing girl - Adolf von Hildebrand". Google Arts & Culture.
"Lyra playing girl - Adolf von Hildebrand". Google Arts & Culture.

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[Clive2006-1] Clive, Peter (2006). "Hildebrand, Adolf Von". Brahms and His World: A Biographical Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. pp. 223–224.

[Luchmann2002-2] Luchmann, Roland (2002). "Lautespielendes und Lyraspielendes Mädchen. Zur Restaurierung zweier Skulpturen von Adolf von Hildebrand". Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen. 44: 285–287. ISSN 0075-2207. Retrieved 5 March 2025.

[Schenk-3] Schenk, Dietmar. "The University of Music and the Mendelssohn Family". Universität der Künste Berlin. Retrieved 6 March 2025.

[Schenk2004-4] Schenk, Dietmar (2004). Die Hochschule für Musik zu Berlin: Preussens Konservatorium zwischen romantischem Klassizismus und neuer Musik, 1869-1932/33 (in German). Franz Steiner Verlag. pp. 55–57. ISBN 978-3-515-08328-7.

[Musical_Times1909-5] "Occasional Notes". The Musical Times. 50 (798): 514–517. 1909. ISSN 0027-4666. Retrieved 6 March 2025.

[6] Deseyve, Yvette. "Joseph Joachim: Bust". Nationalgalerie. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Retrieved 6 March 2025.

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