Biographies of Mozart instance, by Schroeder (1999). Revisionism is, perhaps, likely to continue. Assessing the whole tradition of Mozart biography, Steptoe concludes: There is little doubt that successive generations of scholars have been sincere in their views of the composer, each claiming to be more 'objective' than the last, stripping away the veneer of speculation to arrive at 'the real man'. It is sobering to realize that these different opinions about Mozart as a person are all based on a very similar set of data. Biographies of Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died after a short illness on 5 December 1791, aged 35. His
Norman Kay (composer) as well as many other television productions. He also scored the 1968 comedy heist film "Diamonds for Breakfast". Kay also worked as a music critic for "The Daily Telegraph". He was the first British musician to write a study on Dmitri Shostakovich, a work that was well received. Kay died in 2001 of Motor Neurone Disease aged 72. Norman Kay (composer) Norman Forber Kay (5 January 1929 – 12 May 2001) was a British composer and writer. Kay, who was born in Bolton, was educated at Bolton School, the Royal Manchester College of Music and the Royal College of Music.