Statues - Hither & Thither

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Empoli
Firenze (prov.)
Toscana

Piazza Don Minzoni

Ferruccio Busoni

Empoli 1866 - Berlin 1924
Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher
(Wikipedia)

Bruno Antonini
1958/2009

Description

Bust of Busoni on a marble column, in front of a corten steel screen with the text "Solo chi guarda innanzi ha lo sguardo lieto" (from Busoni's Doktor Faust 1924-25) and Busoni's name.

Information Sign

Ferruccio Busoni
musicista

Empoli 1 Aprile 1866 - Berlino 27 Luglio 1924

bronzo, dall'originale marmoreo dello scultore Bruno Antonini (1958)
conservato nella casa natale di Ferruccio Busoni
Piazza della Vittoria, 16 – Empoli

Comune di Empoli 2009 Rotary Club Empoli

Annotation

P.S. As you can see on the photos, it was raining very hard when we visited Empoli ☹

Sculptor

Bruno Antonini, Italian sculptor.

Sources & Information

Edoardo De Carli, Chi era Costui?

Locatie (N 43°42'58" - E 10°56'57") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: itto027; Photograph: 7 May 2017
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