Antonio Salieri

1750 - 1825 AD

Antonio Salieri was a Venetian composer who gained fame after moving to Vienna. His talents were recognized by the Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II, who named him his official court composer. For fifty years, Salieri was a mainstay of Viennese life.

Today, he is mostly famous for his depictions in the plays of Alexander Pushkin and Peter Schaffer as the arch-nemesis of Wolfgang Mozart, but although they certainly knew each other, there is no historical evidence to suggest they had an antagonistic relationship.