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Antonio Salieri was an important figure in the development of late 18 th -century opera. His stage works, written under the influence of Gluck's reforms, were highly successful during his lifetime. However, as musical styles transitioned from the late Classical into the Romantic, Salieri's works slowly disappeared from Europe's operatic stages ...
Antonio Salieri was an important figure in the development of Italian opera. His great ability in matching music to various theatrical features gave him an edge in opera music that few other musicians had. Salieri was born on the 18 August, 1750 in Verona, Venice. His brother, Francesco Salieri, was a skilled violinist, who taught his brother ...
He joined the precursor of the Vienna Boys Choir (1808), making such quick progress that Antonio Salieri undertook to guide his training (1810–16). At his family’s insistence, he was trained as a schoolteacher. In 1815 he wrote 2 symphonies, more than 100 songs, and 4 stage works.
