How did Mozart really die?

Question

"Suddenly he vomited, it gushed out of him in an arc, it was brown, and he was dead."...Constanze Mozart at his death bed.
From "Mozart, a Life" by Maynard Solomon.

Answer 1

"Well, Mozart died rather suddenly of an acute infectious disease in the midst of what was an epidemic in Vienna at the time," Fitzgerald told @discovery.ca. "I suspect it was rheumatic fever." Fitzgerald had to rule out other diseases such as kidney and liver trouble as she felt there was no direct evidence to support it. Considering the common nature of rheumatic fever at the time - this really came as no surprise.

"As a child, Mozart had two or three episodes of rheumatic fever. It is caused by the streptococcus bacterium," said Fitzgerald. "When the streptococcus infects predisposed people it also causes the production of antibodies against it. Those antibodies then start to attack the body." It affects the immune system and then secondary complications, such as heart stress, make the final assault. Modern counterparts and variations of streptococcus include the flesh-eating disease and strep throat.


There had been a variety of different theories surrounding his death - from poisoning to typhoid fever.

Fitzgerald ruled out other causes based on her dissection of the literature and journals of those close to Mozart. Various reasons from poisoning to typhoid had previously been put forth, mostly born out of sensationalism. Fitzgerald stressed that it is very typical to want to assign some horrifying death to someone of such celebrated stature. This had been perpetuated over the years. But at the end, she suspects that Mozart died of a disease of the commoners.

The clue for Fitzgerald came from Mozart's favourite pet canary. Mozart kept a canary close to him, but in the final days of his life, he had the canary removed from his presence as its singing was making him increasingly agitated. "He threw the canary out because it irritated him," said Fitzgerald. "Now, any disease can irritate you, but there is a special thing about rheumatic fever in which irritability and change of character are said to be characteristic of some of the central nervous system components of the disease."


Dr. Faith Fitzgerald claims that to the best of anyone's knowledge, Mozart died of rheumatic fever. Mozart, a character larger than life, died of a common disease.

The only thing that Fitzgerald had to go on, were written descriptions from Mozart's physicians and family that were published 35 years after his death. They detailed a sudden onset of high fever, rash, headaches and pain and swelling in his limbs. Despite staying alert, Mozart did appear to become agitated within the first week. In his second week, he suffered intense episodes of vomiting and diarrhea. In addition to these woes, Mozart's body was apparently so swollen that his clothes no longer fit him properly, and he needed help to move around. All of these stresses gravely affected his heart, which is ultimately what finally gave out.

His rapid decline took only 15 days, but his mental state appeared to have remained intact, except for his agitated periods. When he was close to death, he instructed one of his colleagues as to how he wished his final piece, the Requiem, to be concluded. Only hours before his death, Mozart became delirious, slipped into a coma and died.

Answer 2

He was poisoned by his arch-nemises, who was forever plagued by his deed and shouted AMADEUS at random times as he was older. Poor old Salieri.

Just kidding.

No one really knows how Mozart died. It could have been a heart attack or a stroke, because some sources say it was sudden. On the other hand, it might have been a long illness, like cancer or something, that declined his health slowly. No one really knows for sure.

Answer 3

There are some theories yet dont belive interior the action picture Amadeus bcause thats no longer genuine in accordance with the researchers one that i like and that i examine in a e book referred to as "Who killed Mozart?" via Jhon Cage replace into that he had siphilis bcause whe had lots of girls and the present therapy for those affliction replace into mercury infusions. He tried them and he died via fact a mercury poisoning. The wellbeing practitioner who gave didnt choose human beings to comprehend approximately his mistake so he ask Mozart's spouse toas conceal and dig Mozart's physique as quickly as posible, and thats the explanation why it replace into so rapidly and no-one is conscious have been is their tumb. interior the e book there are greater training and probes of this theory

Answer 4

I can tell you this; he wasn't poisoned by Salieri
Pick one:
Syphillis (took a lot of people back then, especially those like Mozart)
Liver disease (all the drinking)
35 was considered a ripe old age, back then
something they hadn't yet learned to diagnose/treat

Answer 5

Here is the most complete info on that:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A1304957

Answer 6

he got sick