Musica (sculpture)

Musica is a bronze statue that sits upon a grassy knoll in Nashville, Tennessee, at the center of a traffic rotary where the confluence of Division Street and 16th Avenue North happens, known as the Music Row Roundabout or Buddy Killen Circle.

It features nine nude figures, male and female, dancing in a circular composition approximately 38 feet (11.5 m) tall.

The other part of the base is composed of massive natural limestone boulders, which are prevalent in the Nashville area.

LeQuire writes of his work: Dance is the physical expression of music and the piece is intended to convey that feeling to the viewer in a composition which is simple, exuberant and celebratory.

The $1.1-million project, funded by local arts patrons who gave on the condition of anonymity, is being offered as a gift to the city to highlight that very point.

Such a permanent tribute, since approved by the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission and Metro Council, is what project backers sought originally when they approached LeQuire several years back.

The artist is quoted as saying: They wanted to do something lasting for that area, which is such a significant place in the history and future of Nashville.

"If you have such a peculiar fetish for bronze that fondling Musica's tambourine will be simply irresistible, just steer clear of the roundabout.

[3][4] The sculpture occasionally adorns other trinkets, such as T-shirts supporting the Nashville Predators during playoff runs, as well as runners' bibs during the Country Music Marathon.