HOFOPERNDIREKTOR GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911)
IM GEDENKJAHR 2015 VON DER ALBAN BERG STIFTUNG GEWIDMET
ENTWURF UND REALISIERUNG: WOLF D. PRIX - SOPHIE GRELL,. COOP HIMMELB(L)AU

BECKER GUSS HRANALEK 2016

The statue, located in front of the Vienna Opera House, was funded by the Alban-Berg Foundation and erected in 2016.

The sculpture designed by Wolf d. Prix was photographed that day Click for a larger image
(In the background of the statue you can see the Vienna Opera House)

The sculpture came to commemorate the composer Alban Berg together with his colleagues from the Second Vienna School: Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern and the composer and conductor of the Vienna Opera: Gustav Mahler.

The base of the sculpture includes 12 steps symbolizing the twelve-tone method that characterized Schoenberg’s music.
The names of Schoenberg, Webern , Berg and Mahler also appear on the base

The base of the sculpture + ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG (1874-1951) Click for a larger image
ALBAN BERG (1885-1935) Click for a larger image
ANTON WEBERN (1883-1945) Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
COURT DIRECTOR GUSTAV MAHLER (1860-1911)
DEDICATED BY THE ALBAN BERG FOUNDATION IN THE YEAR OF MEMORIAL 2015
DESIGN AND REALIZATION: WOLF D. PRIX - SOPHIE GRELL,. COOP HIMMELB(L)AU

BECKER CASTING HRANALEK 2016