Bremen Town Musicians, a photo from Rigas, Central

Photographer's Note

The "Town Musicians of Bremen" is a popular fairy tale retrieved and recorded by the Brothers Grimm. It was first published in Grimms' Fairy Tales in 1819. It tells the story of four aging domestic animals, who after a lifetime of hard work are neglected and mistreated by their former masters. Eventually, they decide to run away and become town musicians in the city of Bremen.

A sculpture in Riga shows the animals breaking through a wall (symbolising the Iron Curtain).

Legendary musicians play their music on Skārņu Street between St. Peter's Church and the Convent Yard: a donkey, a dog, a cat and a cockerel standing on each other's backs.

The monument "Bremen Town Musicians" was created by Bremen artist Krista Baumgaertel. The sculpture is based on a fairy tail by the Brothers Grimm, but created with a political subtext as it was inspired by Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika.
The sculpture, a gift from Riga's sister city Bremen, was made in 1990.

Fis2, pierrefonds, ikeharel, ikeharel, papagolf21, jhm, alvaraalto, jean113, ChrisJ, mcmtanyel, COSTANTINO has marked this note useful

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Fis2 (171789) 2020-01-06 14:00

Czesc Piotr!
Bardzo ciekawa rzezba, dobrze pokazana.
Ciekawa wymowa o czym piszesz.
Dobry kadr, kolorki i ostrosc.
Widok robi wrazenie.
Dobrej nocy.
Krzysztof

pierrefonds (115408) 2020-01-06 15:54

Hi Piotr,

The buildings are framing well the monument. The point of view is showing the details of the Bremen Town Musicians monument. The colors and the sharpness are very good. Have a nice day.

Pierre

Nicou (193814) 2020-01-06 21:01

Hello

quel fond rouge et graphisme en fond et cette couleur et ces animaux en représentation en sculpture superbe cadrage et compo et détail.
bravo et amitié
Nciou

jemaflor (148094) 2020-01-06 23:11

Hi Piotr,
Original sculpture, well presented, a close up well made, interesting contrast with the light and the color of the wall in the BG, tfs.

pajaran (116915) 2020-01-06 23:20

Pozdrav.
Lep pogled, interesantan i dobar tekst ...
Lepe skulpture i fasada.
Lepo pokazano.
Lepe skulpture iz bajke brace Grim.
Zelim vam sve najbolje.
Paja.

Greeting.
Nice view, interesting and good text ...
Beautiful sculptures and facade.
Beautifully shown.
Beautiful fairy tale sculptures by the Grimm brothers.
I wish you all the best.

papagolf21 (152607) 2020-01-06 23:25

Bonjour, cher Piotr,
Voilà qui ne manque pas de piquer la curiosité du visiteur avec ces sculptures tout en hauteur à travers les animaux d'une ferme.
je trouve cela très original et fort bien fait.
Un partage apprécié.
Bonne journée.
Amitiés.
Philippe

emka (158672) 2020-01-06 23:47

Cześc Piotrze, Nie pamiętam, czy widziałam tych muzykantów w Rydze, na pewno widziałam w Bremie. Fajnie wyglądają na tle czerwonej kamienicy. Ciekawa notka.

Pozdrawiam

MAłgorzata

Miguel82 (47110) 2020-01-07 0:37

Piotr, i know this tale popularized by the Grimm brothers. The sculpture represents the four farm animals that become musicians : the rooster, the cat, the dog and the donkey. There is also an expression in French derived from this story : passer du coq à l ane. It means : to go off at a tangent or to jump from pillar to post. Fine colors, good sharpness, instructive photo note, regards.

ikeharel (114435) 2020-01-07 1:22

Never heard of the tale you refered, Piotr, but the sculpture is nicely presented on the picture.
Modern red bricks building on the background is specially designed and good backdrop to the main subject.
My best regards,
Ike

Silvio1953 (222747) 2020-01-07 1:40

Ciao Piotr, great view of original sculpure, fine details, wonderful colors, splendid light and excellent clarity, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

lousat (139906) 2020-01-07 2:24

Hi Piotr,i know very well this legend,a fairy tale very famous in Italy too as "i musicanti di Brema". Very curious to know that there is a statue dedicated to this legend,your post is very interesting and the pic is absolutely perfect. Have a nice day and thanks,Luciano

jhm (211738) 2020-01-07 6:17

Hello Piotr,

The "Town Musicians of Bremen" is wonderful photographed .
Excellent sharp and clear.
Nice composition and excellent presentation.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

alvaraalto (42804) 2020-01-07 6:28

Hello Piotr
These heads looked familiar to me, so I quickly went to my photo archive to see how I had photographed the "Bremer Town Musicians" in 2012.
All my photos were taken from the other side with the church in the background.
Nice to see such an unexpected again.
Have a nice day, groet Rob

Tue (93296) 2020-01-07 12:45

Hello Piotr,
A good close-up side portrait of the four Bremen town musicians in Riga. Their rather dark silhouettes stand out well from the red brick façade of the building behind them.
Lars

jean113 (28221) 2020-01-08 8:12

Hello Piotr, an excellent close up of the four animals. I like the way that they dominate the scene.
It looks to me as if people like to touch their noses! The colour of the metal has changed where they have been stroked!
I must re-read this famous story.
Kind regards, Jean.

mkamionka (75009) 2020-01-08 8:50

Czesc Piotr,
niewinna bajka zostala wykorzystana w celach politycznych :)
Mialem przyjemnosc odwiedzic Breme (zobacz tutaj) ale dopiero zaczynalem wtedy swoja przygode z malym aparatem cyfrowym, i robilem troche zdjec aparatem analogowym a troche kompaktowym cyfrowym. Te analogowe wyszly lepiej ale niestety muzykanci byli w cieniu i niz z nich nie wyszlo. Ty pomimo cienia swietnie sobie poradziles...
Okazuje sie ze latwiej jest sfotografowac ich tutaj na trasie koncertowej..
Bardzo przyjemny kolor domu w tle.
Pozdrawiam serdecznie,
M

ChrisJ (172372) 2020-01-08 21:10

Hi Piotr,

The red brick building at right contrasts well with the blue sky to give a nice warm cold colour contrast. Good sharpness and the animal sculptures at left are intriguing. Tfs!

jmdias (116307) 2020-01-09 9:50

piotr

I saw images of this sculpture in bremen. nice this modern version and I liked the angle you got to show it for us.

take care

jorge

mcmtanyel (69063) 2020-01-17 22:56

Hello Piotr,
It is a nice close-up of this statue, I like that brick building in the background, too. 👍🏻👍🏻
Regards,
MT

COSTANTINO (117652) 2022-07-13 23:03

Hello my dearest Piotr
have a pleasant new day
what a strange statue
concerning the Town Musicians of
Bremen!!!
this sculpture showing
the animals in Riga is really
eyecatching
regards
cOSTANTINO