The Horrifyingly Secret Truth Behind Mozart 's Burial: Why was the musical genius Mozart buried in an unmarked grave?
PHOTO: rilm.files.wordpress.com Why was the musical genius Mozart buried in an unmarked grave? The truth will surprise you! Mozart's funeral has all of the makings of a great film plot: A mysterious death of a famous music composer , a music rock star (at least in classical music terms) lost, and a lonely pauper's funeral. The film Amadeus loosely combines all of these elements to make a scandalous plot involving Mozart's rival, Salieri , who may or may not have poisoned Mozart. Admittedly, musicologists agree that Mozart was not poisoned by Mozart. Illness took the music genius away from the world prematurely (as did the usual questionable medical practices at the time). However, Mozart did have a pauper's funeral. Why? How could the most phenomenal music genius in classical music have an unmarked grave? Did no one care about the now decomposing composer? Did his wife simply dismiss her husband? Was Amadeus Mozart truly a pauper at the time of his death? ...