Biographies of Mozart Biographies of Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died after a short illness on 5 December 1791, aged 35. His reputation as a composer, already strong during his lifetime, rose rapidly in the years after his death, and he became (as he has remained to this day) one of the most celebrated of all composers. Shortly after Mozart's death, biographers began to piece together accounts of his life, relying on the testimony of those still living who knew him, as well as surviving correspondence. The creation of Mozart biographies has been an activity of scholars ever since. Friedrich Schlichtegroll was a teacher
Arthur Acland (died 1610) Anthony Vincent of Stoke D'Abernon; and Anna who died childless. Acland died aged 37 on 26 December 1610, and was buried 10 January 1611 in Landkey Church, where there is a large monument with effigies of himself and his wife. He left a widow and not only pre-deceased his wealthy and childless uncle Sir John Acland (died 1620), but also pre-deceased his own father, who died 12 years later in 1622. He thus never inherited the Acland paternal estates which passed in 1622 to his son Sir John Acland, 1st Baronet (c. 1591 – 1647), even though his three younger