TheDEATH OF MOZART

The death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has long shrouded with mystery. There are many reasons for this. Medical knowledge was not as sophisticated in the eighteenth century as it is today. There was never an autopsy done on Mozart’s body. Mozart’s sudden sickness and his young age also brought confusion. Because of these factors, mystery has surrounded Mozart’s death. There are many possible explanations for the death of Mozart and in the following paragraphs I will explore the most plausible ones.
Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria on January 27, 1756 and died in Vienna, Italy on December 5, 1791. There are many rumors and ideas of what actually killed Mozart, but the facts are all the same. In Mozart’s final years he was struggling financially. He had put himself in debt to many people. We know this because he moved from place to place, always to someplace less expensive. He also sent many letters begging for money to a fellow freemason, Michael Puchberg. In these lette...