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Postmortem with Strings by Anita Kunz What eventually led to the premature death of Mozart? Centuries after his demise, an unusual clinical pathology conference was held in Maryland to diagnose the genius death, at which Professor Faith Fitzgerald presented her peculiar diagnosis. How unusual was the conference? How did Professor Fitzgerald conduct the postmortem? Postmortem验尸 Strings弦乐器 premature提早的，过早的 Demise消亡；死亡clinical临床的；诊所的pathology病理学diagnosis诊断（结论）；判断（结论）Mozart (born in Salzburg, 27 January 1756; died in Vienna, 5 December 1791) Son of Leopold Mozart（列奥波尔德）, he showed musical gifts at a very early age, composing when he was five and when he was six playing before the Bavarian（巴伐利亚的 elector and the Austrian empress. Leopold felt that it was proper, and might also be profitable, to exhibit his childrens God-given genius (Maria Anna, ‘Nannerl’, 1751-1829, was a gifted keyboard player): so in mid-1763 the family set out on a tour that took them to Paris and London, visiting numerous courts en route. Mozart astonished his audiences with his precocious（早熟的；智慧超前的 skills; he played to the French and English royal families, had his first music published and wrote his earliest symphonies. The family arrived home late in 1766; nine months later they were off again, to Vienna, where hopes of having an opera by Mozart performed were frustrated by intrigues（阴谋；诡计. 奥地利作曲家莫扎特，不仅是古典主义音乐的杰出大师，更是人类历史上极为罕见的音乐天才，有“音乐神童”的美誉。他短暂的一生为世人留下了极其宝贵和丰富的音乐遗产。 1756年1月27日生于奥地利萨尔茨堡粮食街9号，1791年12月5日卒于维也纳，终年35岁。 　　奥地利作曲家，3岁会弹钢琴，6岁开始作曲。欧洲维也纳古典乐派的代表人物之一，作为古典主义音乐的典范，他对欧洲音乐的发展起了巨大的作用。莫扎特一共创作了22部歌剧、41 部交响乐、42部协奏曲、一部安魂曲以及奏鸣曲、室内乐、宗教音乐和歌曲等作品。并且，莫扎特是欧洲当时唯一一个不接受贵族供养的音乐家。 莫扎特的主要代表作有：歌剧22部；以《费加罗的婚礼》(The Marriage of Figaro)、《唐璜》、《魔笛》最为著名；交响曲41部，以第三十九、四十、四十一交响曲最为著名；钢琴协奏曲27部，以第二十、二十一、二十三、二十四、二十六、二十七钢琴协奏曲最为著名；小提琴协奏曲6部，以第四、第五小提琴协奏曲最为著名；此外，他还写了大量各种体裁的器乐与声乐作品。 Discussion: How does Faith Fitzgerald analyze the cause of Mozarts death? What means does she resort to? What conclusion does she come at? 2. What do