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Which Composer, a few days after his death, had his body dug up by grave robbers and his head cut off.....and why?
 
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Interesting story behind this. The decapitation was actually financed by a local phrenologist (one who studies the bumps on the skull).The phrenologist removed the flesh and subjected Haydn's skull to close examination, whereupon he found the music bump well-developed. Following his examination, the phrenologist turned the skull over to a Mr. Rosenbaum, secretary to Haydn's former patron, Prince Esterhazy. Mr. Rosenbaum, in turn, gave Haydn's skull to his wife, a socialite who spent her time and money putting together intimate musical concerts. Haydn's skull, enclosed in a glass case, soon became the focal point of her little soirees.

It wasn't until 1954 that the skull was reunited with the body.
 
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It is interesting, isn't it?!
Thanks, Georgia!

Paul
 
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