By Thomas F. Bertonneau 0

Today is the 200th Anniversary of Joseph Haydn’s Death

“A Conservative Obligation: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)”from The Brussels Journal, May 26, 2009The Year of Our Lord 2009 is the bicentenary of the death of Franz Joseph Haydn (d. May 31, 1809), known in the last two decades of his long life by the affectionate moniker of “Papa Haydn.” In the aftermath of the most recent American presidential election, just before...