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#4723. Linda
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In 1791 who was buried in an unmarked pauper's grave in St. Mark's church in Vienna?
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zbeckabee 
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The following contradicts the claim that Mozart was buried as a pauper:
St. Marx Cemetery (Sankt Marxer Friedhof) is a cemetery in the Landstraße district of Vienna, used from 1784 until 1874. It was named after a nearby almshouse. The cemetery was opened in response to a decree by Emperor Joseph II that forbade further burials in cemeteries within the outer walls of the city of Vienna. He also ordered that bodies should be buried unembalmed and without coffins in mass graves. Thus the common assumption that Mozart's grave was unmarked because he was too poor is false. His burial in 1791 after a funeral in the Stephansdom simply followed the regulations of the day.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOZART
Mar 25 08, 8:30 PM
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Arpeggionist 
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For more information on the subject, there is a full list of Mozart's possessions at the time of his death, which included a decently sized library and wardrobe.
Mar 25 08, 9:29 PM
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McGruff
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This was an appropriately sensational media matter because, on his death in 1791, Mozart was buried in an unmarked grave. (Legend has it that it was either a pauper's or a mass grave: both untrue. Mozart was buried according to funeral rites decreed by Emperor Joseph II, which stated: "The sole purpose of burial is the rapid decomposition of the body".)
http://www.sundayindependent.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=1083&fArticleId=3076189
Mar 26 08, 12:56 AM
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