What did Mozart die of?

Answer 1

Historical documents from the Austrian court apparently give the cause of death as pnuemonia. Though his contemporaries gave the cause as alcoholism, may have been jealous though. Hope this helps

Answer 2

Mozart's final illness and death are difficult topics for scholars, obscured by romantic legends and replete with conflicting theories. Scholars disagree about the course of decline in Mozart's health – particularly at what point (or if at all) Mozart became aware of his impending death and whether this awareness influenced his final works. The romantic view holds that Mozart declined gradually and that his outlook and compositions paralleled this decline. In opposition to this, some present-day scholars point out correspondence from Mozart's final year indicating that he was in good cheer, as well as evidence that Mozart's death was sudden and a shock to his family and friends. Mozart's attributed last words: "The taste of death is upon my lips...I feel something, that is not of this earth". The actual cause of Mozart's death is also a matter of conjecture. His death record listed "hitziges Frieselfieber" ("severe miliary fever," referring to a rash that looks like millet-seeds), a description that does not suffice to identify the cause as it would be diagnosed in modern medicine. Dozens of theories have been proposed, including trichinosis, mercury poisoning, and rheumatic fever. The practice, common at that time, of bleeding medical patients is also cited as a contributing cause.

Mozart died around 1 a.m. on December 5, 1791 in Vienna. Some days earlier, with the onset of his illness, he had largely ceased work on his final composition, the Requiem. Popular legend has it that Mozart was thinking of his own impending death while writing this piece, and even that a messenger from the afterworld commissioned it. However, documentary evidence has established that the anonymous commission came from one Count Franz Walsegg of Schloss Stuppach, and that most if not all of the music had been written while Mozart was still in good health.

Answer 3

There are some theories yet dont belive interior the action picture Amadeus bcause thats no longer authentic in accordance with the researchers one which i love and that i examine in a e book talked about as "Who killed Mozart?" by making use of Jhon Cage changed into that he had siphilis bcause whe had more than a number of girls and the present treatment for those ailment changed into mercury infusions. He tried them and he died because a mercury poisoning. The well being care specialist who gave didnt desire human beings to ascertain about his mistake so he ask Mozart's spouse toas conceal and dig Mozart's body once posible, and thats the reason why it changed into so immediately and no one is definitely-known with were is their tumb. interior the e book there are more advantageous advice and probes of this theory

Answer 4

The Controversy over what Mozart Died of:

When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart took to bed on the twentieth of November in 1791, he would die, from what the death certificate said, from "Severe miliary fever." Though generally considered reliable documents, Mozart's death certificate was printed with the wrong age. When Mozart died, he was 35, not 36 as it said on his death certificate.

Dr. Thomas Franz Closset, one of the two doctors that were treating Mozart during his final stages, labeled his illnes as "heated miliary fever." For Mozart, having miliary fever was not an uncommon thing; he had contracted the disease three or four previous times in his short life. Though biographer Maynard Solomon states that "it is now widely accepted that Mozart died of acute rheumatic fever" (Solomon, 1995, 491), other theories have been made.

Severe* miliary fever is characterized by swelling of the hands and feet and sudden vomiting; at least one book, by Maynard Solomon, has that opinion. In Francis Carr's Book, Mozart and Constanze, he describes 'heated miliary fever' as: "an inflammation and swelling of the pores. It is caused by excessive sweating during a fever and produces a fine rash all over the body." He continues say that "The actual cause of death may well have been uraemia, complicated by a severe pneumonia." He believed that putting 'heated miliary fever' on the death certificate was just an evasion to the real cause of death. (Carr, 1983, 129) For a more detailed description of the various diseases Mozart could have died from read Francis Carr's Book, Mozart and Constanze.

Biographers have theorized ten different reasons for Mozart's death. These theories include, but are not limited to: rheumatic fever, uraemia, goitre, consumption, Bright's disease, miliary fever, malignant typhoid fever, dropsy, inflammation of the brain, deposit on the brain, "mercury poisoning (as a result of the administration of mercury in medicines)." Of all the theories that try to explain Mozart's real illness, none of them can really explain all of the symptoms that he had; Most of the theories contain both elements that support and conflict with Mozart's symptoms.

One of the questionable aspects about Mozart dying from rheumatic fever is the high level of contagiousness that the illness was characterized by. In a letter that Giuseppe Carpini wrote and published he said, "Mozart caught an infectious rheumatic fever which not only attacked him but also slaughtered all those others who caught it during those days." If it was indeed, so contagious, why did the people who were with Mozart in his final hours not contract the same disease?

The Main symptoms that Mozart showed during his illness were: a chill that turned into a violent fever, swelling of his hands and feet, and sudden vomiting. With all of these symptoms, Mozart was bedridden for the last fortnight of his life. One of his two surviving sons, Karl Thomas, said that the stench was so terrible that an "autopsy was rendered impossible" (Solomon, 1995, 493). Dr. Eduard Guldener wrote to the biographer of Haydn, Guiseppe Carpani, and told him what Dr. Closset believed about Mozart's illness. He was said to have " 'feared a fatal conclusion, namely a deposit on the brain" (Carr, 1983, 129).

Due to the discrepancies between musicologists in discerning the cause of Mozart's death his disease remains unknown

* Due to translational discrepancies, 'severe' can sometimes be identified as 'acute,' or 'heated' miliary fever.

Answer 5

Same as what ferest4eva2006 said with the addithion of the dozens of theories that have been proposed, including trichinosis, mercury poisioning, and rheumatic fever. The practice, common at that time, of bleeding medical patients is also cited as a contributing cause.

Answer 6

It is a mystery. Watch the fantastic film Amadeus for a view on Mozart's life, and death.

Answer 7

His death record listed "hitziges Frieselfieber" ("severe miliary fever," referring to a rash that looks like millet-seeds), a description that does not suffice to identify the cause as it would be diagnosed in modern medicine

Answer 8

Drink and Mental Illness.

Answer 9

Decomposing

Answer 10

shortness of breath