Saturday, July 25, 2015

Eighteen Downright Bizarre Classical Music Facts

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Haydn's skull

There are two skulls in Haydn’s tomb. His head was stolen by phrenologists and a replacement skull was put in his tomb. In 1954, the real skull was restored but the substitute was not removed.

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