Conradin Kreutzer Monument, (sculpture).

Conradin Kreutzer Monument, (sculpture).

Golde, R. P., sculptor.

Jno. Williams, Inc., founder.

Conradin Kreutzer Monument, (sculpture).

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Bust: bronze; Base: granite.

Bust: approx. 46 x 26 x 22 in.; Base: approx. 76 x 34 x 35 in.

(On side of sculpture base, in cursive:) R.P. GOLDE/SC/1915 (On other side of sculpture base:) JNO.WILLIAMS INC./FOUNDERS N.Y. (On front of base, incised:) CONRADIN/KREUTZER/FIRST CITY PRIZE/WON BY THE/UNITED SINGERS/AT THE/24TH NATIONAL/SAENGERFEST/BROOKLYN/1915 (On side of base, incised:) PRESENTED/TO THE CITY/BY THE/UNITED SINGERS/OF/BALTIMORE (On other side of base:) PRIZE SONG/AM AMMERSEE/BY F. LANGER/JOHN A KEEIN/CONDUCTOR signed Founder's mark appears.

A bust of Conradin Kreutzer with long sideburns, dressed in a high-collared shirt with a bow tie, a vest, and coat with wide lapels, placed atop a tall inscribed base.

Portrait male -- Kreutzer, Conradin -- Bust

Ethnic -- German

Performing Arts -- Music -- Composer

Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore

Administered by City of Baltimore, Recreation and Parks, 2600 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217

Located Patterson Park, Patterson Park Avenue at Gough Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21224

Conradin Kreutzer, 1780-1849, was a German composer. He wrote opera, chamber music, and "lieder." The bust was won by the United Singers of Baltimore for their performance of "Am Ammersee" by F. Langer at the 24th National Sangerfest which was held in Brooklyn, New York in 1915. The singers in turn donated the bust to the City of Baltimore. Nearby plaque reads: H. JOHN FREEMAN/1892-1984/TENOR SOLOIST WITH UNITED/SINGERS IN PRIZE SONG, 1915/INSCRIBED ON THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY THERE OF. IAS files contain a related article from The Evening Sun (Baltimore, MD), July 25, 1947 (?). For related information see: Kathleen Kotarba's "The Baltimore Bronze Project," Baltimore: Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, July 1989 (pamphlet); Henry & Caroline Naylor's "Public Monuments & Sculpture of Baltimore: An Introduction to the Collection," 1987; and Leslie M. Freudenheim's "Baltimore's Public Art 1960-1980," 1980.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1993.

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