EditorialThe case of the purloined skull: Joseph Haydn's skull, stolen by grave-robbers for " scientific purposes" in 1809, is finally reunited to the composer's remains. In a scurillous ceremony, sculptor Gustinus Ambrosi puts the skull to rest. Eise...
EditorialJoseph Haydn's grave was robbed shortly after his death by " phrenologists", who hoped to learn about his genius by studying his skull. In 1954 the skull was restored to Haydn's remains in a religious ceremony in Eisenstadt, Austria.
EditorialThe case of the purloined skull: Joseph Haydn's skull, stolen by grave-robbers for " scientific purposes" in 1809, is finally reunited to the composer's remains. In a scurillous ceremony, sculptor Gustinus Ambrosi puts the skull to rest. Eise...
EditorialJoseph Haydn's grave was robbed shortly after his death by " phrenologists", who hoped to learn about his genius by studying his skull. In 1954 the skull was restored to Haydn's remains in a religious ceremony in Eisenstadt, Austria.