Grand Mausoleum Built by Prince Eszterhazy It is expected that the remains of Josef Haydn, the composer, will shortly be placed in the magnificent mausoleum which Prince Paw Esterhazy ordered to be built in honour of the great musician, who was for many years conductor of the orchestra of the Prince's an-cester, states the correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph and Morning Post,"
For many years there was a serious quarrel between the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde and the Prince, the reason behind it being that the Gesellschaft refused to give up Haydn's skull, which the Prince wished to be buried with the body in the same grave.
The story of the separation of skeleton and skull is as exciting and strange as a detective novel.
Haydn died on May 31, 1809, and when Napoleon, who was in occupation of Vienna, heard of the great musician's death, he ordered a French guard of honour to the catafalque of the composer. After eight days of lying-in-state Haydn's body was buried in the Hundsthurm cemetery of Vienna,
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