Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died on 5 December 1791 at the age of 35. The circumstances of his death have attracted much research and speculation. Some principal sources of contention are as follows. Mozart scholarship long followed the accounts of early biographers, which proceeded in large part from the recorded memories of his widow Constanze and her sister Sophie Weber as they were recorded in the biographies by Franz Niemetschek and Georg Nikolaus von Nissen. For instance, the important biography by Hermann Abert (1923/2008:1305-9) largely follows this account. The following is a summary of
John Exton (composer) in the same year the director of music at Bedales School. In 1966 John Exton followed an appointment as a senior lecturer at the University of Western Australia in Perth. He taught composition there until his retirement. Notable students of John Exton include Carl Vine, Jennifer Fowler, Ross Bolleter or Stephen Benfall. He died in Perth, aged 76. John Exton (composer) John Albert Exton (28 March 1933 – 13 September 2009) was a British composer of classical music. John Exton was born in Wolverton, and started to play the violin at the age of 11. In 1950 he became leader