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
Nikolay Afanasyev (composer) contrast, his operas had far less enthusiastic receptions. Although the Mariinsky Theatre staged "Ammalat-bek" in 1870, it has not been performed anywhere since; "Sten'ka Razin" failed to pass state censorship, while "Vakula-kuznets" was never performed. The manuscripts of several further operas and orchestral works remain unpublished. He died in Saint Petersburg in 1898, aged 77. Nikolay Afanasyev (composer) Nikolay Yakovlevich Afanasyev (; ) was an Imperial Russian violin virtuoso and composer. His memoirs 'Vospominaniya' ('Reminiscences') appeared in 1890, and recorded his experiences as a touring musician, as part of a panorama of Russian musical life during the mid 19th century.