“For centuries, historians have portrayed Mozart as poor, but new documents suggest the composer was not nearly as hard-up for cash as many have believed. Scholars who combed through Austrian archives for an exhibition opening Tuesday on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s later years in Vienna found evidence that he was solidly upper crust and lived the good life… Mozart’s main occupation in Vienna was teaching piano to aristocrats — a lucrative job that helped support his extravagant lifestyle. Yet Mozart earned a reputation for money-grubbing, and evidence abounds that he squandered much of his wealth.”