Mozart
1/27/1756 - 12/5/1791
Aquarius
Last Words
"The taste of death is upon my lips...I feel something, that is not of this earth."
Death & Legacy
Mozart died on December 5, 1791, at age 35. His work profoundly shaped classical music in many ways, and his compositions are widely studied by students and scholars. His more than 600 compositions include works widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral music. Mozart is among the greatest and most enduringly popular of classical composers, and his influence is profound on subsequent Western art music.
Details
- Cause of Death
- Rheumatic fever
- Age at Death
- 35 years
- Funeral Location
- St. Marx Cemetery, Vienna, Austria
- Final Resting Place
- St. Marx Cemetery, Vienna, Austria