The Spirit of Spanish Music

[3][4] This style, and the fact that the building where it stands was intended for the study and performance of music, give the sculpture its name.

The figure itself, a boy in "classic contrapposto stance" playing an elongated flute, was influenced by the 15th century Florentine sculptor Desiderio da Settignano[7] It reflects the overall "Arcadian" theme Hunt intended for Pomona's south campus.

[6] "The pose is exquisite," reports another journal of the period, "and the design peculiarly appropriate to the Spanish architecture of the beautiful temple of music it is to adorn.

"[8] In a lecture on the occasion of the Centennial in 2015 of the statue and the building, art historian George Gorse labels the setting "A Pastoral Theatre", and characterizes the sculpture as "Vergilian 'Arcadia' .

Before its return on 14 August 2015, The Spirit of Spanish Music was restored by conservator Donna Williams, including the repair of the boy's broken flute.

The Spirit of Spanish Music in the Lebus Court of the Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music. Pomona College , Claremont, California, US.
Burt W. Johnson, working in his studio in February, 1916 on the model for The Spirit of Spanish Music , in a snapshot inscribed for Pomona College Pres. Blaisdell and signed by the sculptor.