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Sculpture in Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Victor Herbert
is an outdoor bronze portrait bust of
Victor Herbert
by
Edmond Thomas Quinn
, located in
Central Park
in
Manhattan
, New York.
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The memorial sculpture, commissioned by the
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers
(ASCAP), was unveiled by Herbert's daughter in 1927 at a dedication attended by
Irving Berlin
and
Arthur Hammerstein
.
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It is located on the
Central Park Mall
, which has a history as a venue for a free concert series. Herbert is one of four musicians memorialized as sculptures in Central Park; the other musicians are
John Lennon
memorialized by
Strawberry Fields
,
Beethoven
, and
Duke Ellington
.
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