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
Sir Charles Barrington, 5th Baronet Sir Charles Barrington, 5th Baronet Sir Charles Barrington, 5th Baronet (ca. 1671 – 29 January 1715) was an English Tory politician. He was the second son of Thomas Barrington and his wife Lady Anne Rich, daughter of Robert Rich, 3rd Earl of Warwick. His father was the first son of Sir John Barrington, 3rd Baronet but had died before Sir John. Barrington was educated at Felsted School. He succeeded his older brother John, who had died from smallpox aged only 21, as baronet in 1691. Barrington entered the English House of Commons in 1694, sitting for Essex until 1705. He