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
Vladimir Vavilov (composer) usually with total disregard of the appropriate style, in the spirit of other mystificators of the previous eras. His works achieved enormous circulation, and some of them achieved true folk-music status, with several poems set to his melodies. Vavilov died in poverty, aged 47, of pancreatic cancer, a few months before the appearance of "The City of Gold", which became a hit overnight. The most famous of his anonymous or misattributed compositions are: Vladimir Vavilov (composer) Vladimir Fyodorovich Vavilov (; 5 May 1925 – 11 March 1973) was a Russian guitarist, lutenist and composer. He was a student of P.