Who lost their head only to be reaquainted with it 145 years later and who has commemorated this in a musical work?

lanfranco

Composer Joseph Haydn's head disappeared in 1809 and was reunited with his body in 1954. Paul Heckert wrote an opera on the subject, with the charming title, "Haydn's Head!" I've no idea whether this thing is worth listening to, but for what it's worth: http://www.classicmusic.com/haydn/ Oct 13 05, 9:09 PM

lanfranco

Here's a bit more information: http://www.harpercollins.com.au/drstephenjuan/news_body_odysseys.htm Oct 13 05, 9:15 PM

gmackematix

Yay, Frankie! It was indeed his head playing Haydn seek. Surely just a symphony would have been more appropriate. Oct 14 05, 12:47 AM

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In the 14th century, during a protracted war, a group of men felt compelled to offer their lives in order to spare their beleaguered city. Over 500 years later, one of their compatriots commemorated their experience in a famed, though somewhat controversial, work of art that now stands in the city in question. Who were these men, and who was the artist? Born to an ancient noble family and grandson of a noted social reformer, this man wrote the first and one of the most famous examples of its genre in his native language -- a work set in the early 17th century that has been filmed several times. One of his great countrymen commemorated his death in music. Who was this author, what did he write, who was his grandfather, and what is the musical composition? Who lost his head in 269 or shortly thereafter? Who was born in 1894 and died 80 years later at the age of 39?

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