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
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.