Mozart monument Tiefurt

The Tiefurt Mozart memorial was erected in 1799 in the park at Schloss Tiefurt near Weimar . It was the first monument dedicated to the composer outside of today's Austria . The oldest was created two years earlier with the Mozart Temple in Graz .

The ancient lyre is enthroned on a round, altar-shaped stone as a symbol for music with two theater masks. It is labeled Mozart and the Muses . The monument was created by the Weimar court sculptor Martin Gottlieb Klauer on behalf of Duchess Anna Amalia , herself a great music lover and connoisseur. The draft was probably provided by Johann Heinrich Meyer . According to Hermann Abert , the stone park element is a copy , as the original was made in fired clay and has not been preserved. It is also not in its original location in the park, which can no longer be determined. The memorial commemorates the first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute , which Goethe was also impressed by. In the Journal des Luxus und der Moden of 1799, accompanied by a text passage by Oberon by Christoph Martin Wieland, the monument was mentioned and its illustration on the 33rd panel. In general, Wieland, who had met Mozart in 1777, contributed to his propagation in Weimar culture, yes he aroused the Duchess' enthusiasm for his music. As the theater director, Goethe ensured frequent performances of Mozart's works in Weimar.

Mozart monument Tiefurt as a copper engraving in the Journal of Luxury and Fashion 1799
Mozart monument in Tiefurt
Lyre and masks of the Mozart monument