December 5 marks the 230th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart's death, and with it came the abrupt conclusion of work on Mozart's last work, the moving "Requiem KV 626." The composer died at 0:55 a.m. on December 5, 1791, at the age of only 35, in his apartment in Rauhensteingasse in Vienna.


Mozart's death is closely linked to his last work, the "Requiem". The story of the creation of this world-famous work has the makings of a true horror novel: a young, highly successful composer dies at the age of 35 while writing a requiem mass. What's more, a mysterious gray messenger mediated between Mozart and a mysterious patron. Mozart's wife Constanze already had a share in the creation of the legend. In an anecdote, she described the creation of the work and reported how her husband had worked on the Requiem with ardor. One day, she went with him to the Prater to distract him. There, Wolfgang Amadé told her in tears that he was convinced that he was writing this requiem mass for himself - what an oppressive premonition!

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