tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post8243379290849387661..comments2024-03-26T17:38:35.264+00:00Comments on Catherine Curzon: The True Death of Wolfgang Amadeus MozartCatherine Curzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-7295761031649547012016-12-06T05:51:32.276+00:002016-12-06T05:51:32.276+00:00Considering that death and burial rites play an im...Considering that death and burial rites play an important part in Viennese culture even nowadays, it's no wonder that there is a Viennese burial museum, situated in the Central Graveyard (which didn't exist in Mozart's time - he was buried in St Marx).<br />Mozart's burial was according to the laws of the time, Emperor Joseph II having banned lavish funerals. He'd felt that sobriety would be more fitting for the occasion. Though by the time Mozart died, Joseph had already been dead for a year or so, and as far as I know that particular law didn't last long because the people wouldn't stand for it.<br />There is a specimen of a reusable coffin from that era in the burial museum. It was only used for the funeral; after that they'd open it at the bottom so the body stayed in the grave while the coffin was taken out. <br />I think it was Joseph II too who banned burials within the city walls (which were then still in existence) for reasons of hygiene. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-20616071827076253432015-12-06T00:12:10.035+00:002015-12-06T00:12:10.035+00:00Hear, hear!Hear, hear!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-54683888604271990832015-12-06T00:11:58.135+00:002015-12-06T00:11:58.135+00:00Oh, that's an interesting theory!Oh, that's an interesting theory!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-87196297843241514942015-12-05T16:57:16.158+00:002015-12-05T16:57:16.158+00:00Read your post while listening to a Mozart string ...Read your post while listening to a Mozart string quartet, Catherine. For me, Mozart is in the pantheon of music gods. Mari Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711560864857308439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-29472440010405801492015-12-05T05:49:50.180+00:002015-12-05T05:49:50.180+00:00Sounds to me he could have Kidney Failure, Renal D...Sounds to me he could have Kidney Failure, Renal Disease.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12040456807948806297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-67461825062249705162014-12-10T23:00:21.519+00:002014-12-10T23:00:21.519+00:00Awful!Awful!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-40964383662956504302014-12-10T22:18:33.196+00:002014-12-10T22:18:33.196+00:00O, the bleeding...! O, the bleeding...! kneistonienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-31814139982134950222013-12-07T22:58:33.739+00:002013-12-07T22:58:33.739+00:00It is a wonderful film, isn't it? Mozart being...It is a wonderful film, isn't it? Mozart being buried in a pauper's grave is an oft-told tale, I'm so glad it isn't true!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-39086409477079111152013-12-07T22:49:21.699+00:002013-12-07T22:49:21.699+00:00Thanks for this great post MG. I always thought th...Thanks for this great post MG. I always thought that Mozart had a pauper's grave so its nice to know that this great genius wasn't just dumped in a hole. This post makes me think of the /film Amadeus! I must watch that again sometime!Paula Loftinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138899684247746388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-27210659735036462652013-12-06T06:39:22.431+00:002013-12-06T06:39:22.431+00:00Thank you for that extra insight, fascinating stuf...Thank you for that extra insight, fascinating stuff!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-6510891982857738762013-12-06T00:14:27.144+00:002013-12-06T00:14:27.144+00:00Sometimes older bones to be disinterred and placed...Sometimes older bones to be disinterred and placed in a charnel house -- a structure in the cemetery built just for this purpose. When there were headstones, they might be set into the outer walls.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14903347354997988397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-62671601427113965082013-12-05T20:39:03.328+00:002013-12-05T20:39:03.328+00:00Thank you! I can't speak specifically for Moza...Thank you! I can't speak specifically for Mozart's body but I picked the brains of a historian colleague of mine when researching and she explained a little more about the process. Basically, after a period of years, another occupant could be put in the grave in addition to the existing occupant or, sometimes, older skeletons were reburied in a mass grave, often after being crushed to make them smaller. Generally headstones weren't erected on a common grave but if they were, it would be set against the church wall and the coffin destroyed. If anyone has any more information on this, I would be intrigued to hear it!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-615370145668973622013-12-05T20:26:32.758+00:002013-12-05T20:26:32.758+00:00If the graves were reused, what did they do with t...If the graves were reused, what did they do with the former occupants? And, did this mean that there were no headstones or coffins? I had always assumed that common graves were mass graves used during times of epidemics. So, thank you once again for a nice bit of insight.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16329122662762438132noreply@blogger.com