I wrote:

>>Remember that at this time Haydn was the wealthiest, most famous composer
>>in the world.

Walter M replied:

>And in 1809, shortly before Haydn's death, the first thing Napoleon did
>upon capturing Vienna was to place an honor guard before Haydn's house in
>umpendorf.

Unfortunately the next thing that happened was that some prat chopped off
Haydn's head to do research on his brain.

Head and body were reunited in 1954.

Bob Draper
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