Carl Michael Ziehrer

Description

Monument to Carl-Michael-Ziehrer by Robert Ullmann in the Prater Hauptalle. The monument from 1959 shows the bronze figure of Carl Michael Ziehrer in the uniform of the Deutschmeister with violin. Behind it a curved wall with the relief representation of eight dancing couples. Carl Michael Ziehrer (1843-1922) was an Austrian composer. He wrote about 600 dances and 23 operettas.