!!!Salieri, Antonio

Salieri, Antonio, b. Legnano near Venice (Italy), Aug. 18, 1750, 
d. Vienna, May 7, 1825, composer. His teacher F.  Gassmann, 
brought him to Vienna in 1766 and introduced him to the emperor and to 
the great names of Viennese musical society (e.g. P.  Metastasio and 
C. W.  Gluck); from 1770 opera composer with varying success; 
1774 became court composer at the age of 24, 1788 court music 
director. 1784-1787 great success in Paris, where he was praised as 
C. W. Gluck´s successor and regarded as the musical 
authority of Vienna. After the death of Joseph II S. retired more 
and more from public life. one of the founders of the Gesellschaft der 
 Musikfreunde in Wien (drafted the statutes for the Vienna 
Conservatory) and put together the musical programme for the  Vienna 
Congress. S. also made a name for himself as a teacher  of such 
well-known composers as F.  Schubert, L. v.  Beethoven, F.  
Liszt, J. N.  Hummel, S.  Sechter, F. X.  Suessmayer; C.  
Cavalieri, A. Milder-Hauptmann etc.

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It was above all the rumour, long since refuted, that he had poisoned 
W. A.  Mozart that secured S. a place in history. His long life makes 
him a link between the late Baroque (J. J. Fux), early classicism 
(F. Gassmann, C. W. Gluck) and the high romantic style (F. 
Liszt).

!Works
469 operas and singspiele, 5 oratorios, numerous church 
compositions, lieder, cantatas, instrumental pieces.

!Literature
L. v. Mosel, Ueber das Leben und die Werke des 
A. S., 1827; R. Angermueller, A. S., 1970; 
V. Braunbehrens, S., 1989; J. A. Rice, A. S. and 
Viennese Opera, 1998; R. Angermueller (ed.), A. S., 3 vols., 
2000; OeBL.


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