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
William Felton (composer) on which he was a skilled performer, he is said to have composed the glee "Fill, fill, fill the glass", and to have acted as steward at the Three Choir Festivals of Hereford, 1744, and Gloucester, 1745. Felton died 6 December 1769, and was buried in Hereford Cathedral. Attribution: William Felton (composer) William Felton (1715 – 6 December 1769) was an English composer. He gained an M.A. at St. John's College, Cambridge in 1745 and was a chaplain to the Princess Dowager of Wales. He composed three sets of six concertos, modelled on Handel's and composed the glee, "Fill, fill,