... fear of being poisoned and they say his suspicions were caused by depression and melancholy. The anonymous person who commissioned the Requiem Mass was definitely NOT Salieri, but was probably Count Walsegg. After Mozart's death Count Walsegg tried to convince people that the Requiem was his own work - no one believed his lies luckily. Mozart was constantly in financial difficulties. He regretted not being able to pay for his family to live a more comfortable life. After Mozart's death though, Vienna and the Government's wealth paid for his wife to pay off his debts, live comfortably and make a small amount of money. Mozart was buried according to his own instructions in a common grave with several other dead people (as shown in the film). The white powder sprinkled over him was quicklime, used to hasten the decomposition of his body. His burial was a common third class burial (large funerals were ...

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