Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died on 5 December 1791 at the age of 35. The circumstances of his death have attracted much research and speculation. Some principal sources of contention are as follows. Mozart scholarship long followed the accounts of early biographers, which proceeded in large part from the recorded memories of his widow Constanze and her sister Sophie Weber as they were recorded in the biographies by Franz Niemetschek and Georg Nikolaus von Nissen. For instance, the important biography by Hermann Abert (1923/2008:1305-9) largely follows this account. The following is a summary of
Eric Rogers (composer) has a lyric credit on the 1965 film, "Carry on Cowboy". He died on 8 April 1981 in Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire, aged 59. His death was registered under the name Eric Gauk-Roger. Eric Rogers (composer) Eric Rogers (25 September 1921 – 8 April 1981) was an English composer, conductor and arranger, best known for composing the scores for twenty-two "Carry On" films. Born Eric Gaukroger, Rogers moved with his parents from Halifax, England to Morriston, Wales when he was three. Rogers was interested in music from an early age, and during his attendance at church as a child, he