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SALIERI, Antonio

Portrait of Antonio Salieri (1815) by Joseph Willibrord Mähler

Born in Legnago, Aug 18, 1750
Died in Vienna, May 7, 1825

  • Salieri spent most of his career in Vienna, where he was a major arbiter of musical style.

Salieri “could bind all the power of German music to the sweet Italian style.”

A Classical-era critic, on Salieri 1

Short biography

Sources

  1. Jane Schatkin Hettrick and John A. Rice, “Salieri, Antonio,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed January 16, 2020, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000024378.

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