Antonio Salieri Home Site - Vienna

Antonio Salieri's home site is on Spiegelgasse in Vienna, Austria.  The Italian composer, conductor was born in Legnano in 1750.  He found himself a position with the Habsburgs and spent most of his adult life in Vienna.  He was the director of the Italian Opera from 1774 to 1792 and the Austrian Imperial Kapellmeister from 1788 to 1824.  Although his music is now largley forgotten his importance as a teacher has always been held in high regard, with Beethoven, Liszt and Schubert among his pupils.  His fame today rests largely on his association with Mozart and his portrayal in the play, and later the movie, Amadeus, in which he is the central figure in the composer's death.  History has proven this jealous, vain relationship wrong and shown that more than likely they had a cordial relationship with one another.  Salieri lived in a house which once stood on this site.  It was here that he died on May 7, 1825.  There is a plaque outside the current building honoring its famous former resident.      

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