Mozart's Personality Disorder

I. Introduction
We all know the tune “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” What most people don’t know is where the music comes from. The melody originated from a French folklore Ah! vous dirai-je, maman. But the man who popularized the song was actually the composer, musician, and child prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, in his Twelve Variations on “Ah vous dirai-je, Maman”. There is no doubt that Mozart was truly a musical genius, but behind that mask of his, he was sick. The Austrian composer was a sick genius and it is quite possible that he may have had a form of personality disorder, which ultimately drove him to a short but talented thirty-five years of age.
In 2005, a publication from the American Journal of Psychiatry written by P. Huguelet

In the DSM-5, there are three clusters of personality disorders. Cluster A personality disorders constitute the odd or eccentric conditions including paranoid personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, and schizotypal personality disorder. On the other hand, Cluster B personality disorders focus on dramatic and emotional characteristics consisting histrionic personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and borderline personality disorder. Finally, Cluster C personality disorders consider anxious or fearful behavior, including obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, avoidant personality disorder, and the aforementioned dependent personality

Portrayed through movies such as Amadeus and evidence found in many of the letters exchanged with Mozart, money has always been an issue with the Austrian prodigy (Schaffer, 1984). Mozart relied on his father managing money for him, and at times would ask his father for help with financial burdens (Hoermann, 2009). This example shows how Mozart was dependent on his father for help with his own problems. To outline a few of the symptoms required for dependent personality disorders to manifest, the young Mozart required his father Leopold Mozart to assume responsibility in managing his finance, had difficulty doing things on his own, and seems to have had difficulty making decisions without relying on peer advice and reassurance. Mozart demonstrated traits of dependent disorders by needing to be nurtured by his wife, Maria Constanze Mozart (nee Weber), his father, and other composers. He needed frequent reassurance from friends that really cared about him, and found difficulties being alone (Karhausen,