Salieri, Antonio
Period: Classic
Born: Tuesday, August 18, 1750 in Verona, Italy
Died: Saturday, May 7, 1825 in Vienna, Austria
Nation of Origin: Italy
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Salieri gave music lessons to such high-profile composers as Beethoven, Schubert, and Liszt. He was a fine composer and was unjustly maligned by the movie "Amadeus." The film implies that Salieri caused Mozart's death because he envied Mozart's talent. That is not the case. Mozart died of rheumatic inflammatory fever. The two composers enjoyed a good professional relationship by all accounts.
General Bibliography:
Blume, Friedrich, with Norton, M. D. (Translator) and Norton, Herter (Translator), Classic and Romantic Music; A Comprehensive Survey, W. W. Norton & Company, November 1970, ISBN: 0393098680
Rosen, Charles, The Classical Style : Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, W. W. Norton & Company, March 1997, ISBN: 0393040208
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2004, ISBN: 0195170679
Rutherford-Johnson, Tim, Kennedy, Michael, and Kennedy, Joyce The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 6th Edition, 2012, ISBN: 0199578109
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Biographical essay from Wikipedia
Classy Classical bio by Chad Hille
