Now Beethoven gets taken down

Now Beethoven gets taken down

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norman lebrecht

January 05, 2022

This is the plinth on which Beethoven’s statue has stoodin Bonn’s Münsterplatz since 1845.

The town never paid a penny towards it – all the money was raised by Liszt – and the upkeep has been generally neglectful.

The statue is now so corroded that it has been take down for at least six months of restoration.

Don’t go to Bonn before the summer if you’re looking for Beethoven.

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