Sculptors Chosen for the Chance to Recreate the "Angel of Music" at Gravesite of Legendary American Composer & Pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk in Brooklyn`s Green-Wood Cemetery

BROOKLYN, N.Y.--(Business Wire)--
Five renowned sculptors have been chosen to participate in a competition to
recreate the "Angel of Music," an intricate sculpture that once graced the
gravesite of legendary 19th century American composer and pianist Louis Moreau
Gottschalk (1829 -1869). The angel disappeared under unknown circumstances from
Brooklyn`s Historic Green-Wood Cemetery more than 50 years ago.

The initiative, Saved in Time: The Gottschalk Project, is administered by the
Green-Wood Historic Fund, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that conserves and
restores the cemetery`s endangered monuments.

The finalists selected to submit model designs are: Myra C. Weisgold -
University Park, Florida; Kirsten Kokkin - Loveland, Colorado; Tuck Langland -
Granger, Indiana; and the team of Jill Burkee andGiancarlo Biagi of New York
City.

The winning design will be unveiled in October 2009. Total costs for the
Gottschalk Project will be approximately $200,000.00. Last month, Green-Wood`s
Historic Fund launched a major fundraising campaign to support the project.

Existing photos of the Gottschalk monument show a white marble angel
approximately 4`10" atop a 6 ½-foot high marble pedestal. The angel`s left hand
held a tablet bearing the titles of six of Gottschalk`s most famous
compositions, while a trumpet was tucked beneath the arm. Her right hand was
extended in a gesture suggestive of leading an orchestra. At her feet was a
classical lyre.

A New Orleans native, Gottschalk was a child prodigy and by the 1860s had
established himself as the foremost pianist in America. His most acclaimed works
include A Night in the Tropics, Bamboula and Le Bananier.

Established in 1838, Green-Wood Cemetery is built on 478-acres and is home to
thousands of monuments, many designed by world renowned sculptors. Among the
nearly 600,000 souls interred here are Leonard Bernstein, Horace Greeley, FAO
Schwartz, Samuel Morse, Boss Tweed, Albert Anastasia and more than 3,000
veterans of the Civil War.

The cemetery was named a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of
the Interior in 2006.

To support Saved in Time: TheGottschalk Project with a tax deductible
contribution, or for more information, visit www.green-wood.com.

Linden Alschuler & Kaplan Public Relations
Josh Salter, 212-575-4545

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