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
Sir James Foulis, 5th Baronet Sir James Foulis, 5th Baronet Sir James Foulis, 5th Baronet (1714–1791) was the fifth Baronet of Colinton and an antiquarian. He was the eldest son of Henry Foulis, third son of the third baronet He succeeded his uncle, the fourth Baronet, in July 1742. In his youth he was an officer in the army, but he retired from the service early, and devoted himself to the pursuits of a country gentleman and to literature. Foulis died at Colinton, near Edinburgh, on 3 January 1791. He in 1781 contributed to the 'Transactions of the Antiquarian Society of Scotland' a dissertation on