For 9 years Mozart worked in Vienna composing and playing music but also teaching the subject
. It was during his time in Vienna that he wrote some of his best-loved and most famous works. The later part of Mozart's life was troubled with financial problems. Despite a growing reputation as a composer he never seemed to have enough money. The death of his father also troubled him greatly particularly as the two men were never fully reconciled after Mozart left for Vienna against his father's wishes. At the age of just 35 in 1791 Mozart died from what was known as a military' fever.