During his final years his music was no longer in vogue with the aristocracy of Vienna because it was considered too

dense and dissonant. Yet in spite of ill health, he still composed masterpieces. While the precise cause of his death has
never been determined, it probably resulted from kidney failure aggravated by bloodletting; the only certainty is that he
was not poisoned by a jealous rival.

a. Beethoven
b. Haydn
c. Mozart

ANSWER: c