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Antonio Salieri. Antonio Salieri [a] (18 August 1750 – 7 May 1825) was an Italian composer and teacher of the classical period. [4] He was born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, and spent his adult life and career as a subject of the Habsburg monarchy . Salieri was a pivotal figure in the development of late 18th-century ...
- 7 May 1825 (aged 74), Vienna
Apr 11, 2024 · Antonio Salieri was an Italian composer whose operas were acclaimed throughout Europe in the late 18th century. At the age of 16, Salieri was taken to Vienna by F.L. Gassmann, the imperial court composer and music director (Hofkapellmeister), and was introduced to Emperor Joseph II.
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Aug 14, 2021 · Antonio Salieri was born in 1750 in Legnago, near the Italian city of Verona. Since he was raised in a musical family, Salieri was able to nourish his talents from a young age. His first musical steps were taken while studying harpsichord and violin. Unfortunately, his parents passed away while he was in his early teenage years.
Feb 28, 2019 · Within six years of Salieri's death, the Russian writer Pushkin wrote a play, Mozart and Salieri, which portrayed the danger of envy. In 1898, Rimsky-Korsakov turned Pushkin's play into an opera. In both, it is suggested that Salieri's jealousy of Mozart led him to poison the younger composer. The murder plot was perpetuated in Peter Shaffer's ...
May 27, 2019 · Salieri is recounting the première, in 1770, of his second opera, “Le Donne Letterate” (“The Learned Women”). The applause is vigorous, prompting the young composer to follow the audience ...
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Antonio Salieri. Antonio Salieri (August 18, 1750 – May 7, 1825), born in Legnago, Italy, was a composer and conductor. As the Austrian imperial kapellmeister from 1788 to 1824, he was one of the most important and famous musicians of his time. Unfortunately, he is mostly remembered today for the renowned composers with whom he was associated ...
May 18, 2018 · Salieri, Antonio ( b Legnano, 1750; d Vienna, 1825). It. composer and conductor. Taken to Vienna 1766 as protégé of Gassmann. Début as cond. Vienna Court Opera 1770 and in next 4 years had 9 operas prod. Comp. and mus. dir. It. opera in Vienna from 1774. Back in It. 1778–80, writing comic operas for Milan, Venice, and Rome.
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