Who killed Mozart?
Who do you think killed Mozart?
In my novel Mozart's Last Aria, the great composer's sister Maria Anna travels to Vienna in 1791 to find out who murdered her brother. Many people think the rival composer Salieri did in Wolfgang. That's been popular since Salieri confessed -- except that he was in a madhouse when he owned up and later said he'd been raving. Still it was at the heart of Amadeus and, when I was writing my book, that's what most of my friends assumed I say. But no. I have a different theory. I think the murder was connected to Mozart's activities as a Freemason. In Vienna at that time Freemasonry was illegal. There's also evidence Wolfgang was engaged in espionage, and of course there are signs of something subversive in The Magic Flute... Who do you think killed Mozart?
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In my novel Mozart's Last Aria, the great composer's sister Maria Anna travels to Vienna in 1791 to find out who murdered her brother. Many people think the rival composer Salieri did in Wolfgang. That's been popular since Salieri confessed -- except that he was in a madhouse when he owned up and later said he'd been raving. Still it was at the heart of Amadeus and, when I was writing my book, that's what most of my friends assumed I say. But no. I have a different theory. I think the murder was connected to Mozart's activities as a Freemason. In Vienna at that time Freemasonry was illegal. There's also evidence Wolfgang was engaged in espionage, and of course there are signs of something subversive in The Magic Flute... Who do you think killed Mozart?Related articles across the web
Classical Memories 27 January: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart's Last Aria Masonism in Mozart's The Magic Flute Top Five Myths about Mozart 
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