Salieri Vs Mozart
Mozart and Salieri
Amadeus versus Actuality
Amadeus (1984) won eight Academy Awards with its highly fictionalized account of the last ten years of the life of 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The movie chooses to highlight the comparison between mediocrity and brilliancy; Mozart was obviously the superior of the two composers, and Salieri despised his own shortcomings. But as much Salieri was disgusted with himself, he was even more furious with Mozart. He vows to himself and to God that he will be the man that ultimately kills Mozart (Amadeus).
Antonio Salieri was born in Legnago, Italy in 1750. In Amadeus, Salieri recounts his passion for music at a very young age. He reminisces about how his father strongly …show more content…
For example, when Salieri was appointed Kapellmeister in 1788, he revived Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Salieri and Mozart even composed a duet piece for vocals and piano together called Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia. A number of Mozart’s pieces, including the famous symphony in G minor K.550, had been printed and produced on the suggestion of Salieri, who even conducted a performance of the symphony, himself, in 1791 (Thayer, 112). In his last surviving letter from October 14th, 1791, Mozart tells his wife about Salieri's attendance at his opera Die Zauberflote K 620, enthusiastically: "He heard and saw with all his attention, and from the overture to the last choir there was no piece that didn't elicit a bravo or bello out of him." It is also largely believed that Salieri visited Mozart while on his deathbed and was one of the few attendants at Mozart's funeral (Marshall, …show more content…
Court Concillor Eduard Vincent Guldener von Lobesi, a doctor who had been consulted about Mozart’s illness and death, indignantly denied any poisoning (Landon, 174). He refers to Mozart’s medical history, which was very extensive. In 1762, Mozart contracted an infection in the upper respiratory tract due to streptococcal infection, the effects of which may be delayed for weeks, months and even years (Landon, 176). Later in 1762, he suffered a “mild attack of rheumatic fever.” In 1764, he contracted tonsillitis. The list of sicknesses continues and grows for the next seven years of Mozart’s life (Landon, 176-177). At the time of Mozart’s death, the accepted cause was rheumatic fever, and that is largely accepted by most scholars today (Landon, 174). There is finally no evidence that Salieri was jealous of Mozart stealing his love interest since Salieri had met his wife in 1775; years before he ever met Mozart. (New Grove Dictionary
Amadeus versus Actuality
Amadeus (1984) won eight Academy Awards with its highly fictionalized account of the last ten years of the life of 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The movie chooses to highlight the comparison between mediocrity and brilliancy; Mozart was obviously the superior of the two composers, and Salieri despised his own shortcomings. But as much Salieri was disgusted with himself, he was even more furious with Mozart. He vows to himself and to God that he will be the man that ultimately kills Mozart (Amadeus).
Antonio Salieri was born in Legnago, Italy in 1750. In Amadeus, Salieri recounts his passion for music at a very young age. He reminisces about how his father strongly …show more content…
For example, when Salieri was appointed Kapellmeister in 1788, he revived Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Salieri and Mozart even composed a duet piece for vocals and piano together called Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia. A number of Mozart’s pieces, including the famous symphony in G minor K.550, had been printed and produced on the suggestion of Salieri, who even conducted a performance of the symphony, himself, in 1791 (Thayer, 112). In his last surviving letter from October 14th, 1791, Mozart tells his wife about Salieri's attendance at his opera Die Zauberflote K 620, enthusiastically: "He heard and saw with all his attention, and from the overture to the last choir there was no piece that didn't elicit a bravo or bello out of him." It is also largely believed that Salieri visited Mozart while on his deathbed and was one of the few attendants at Mozart's funeral (Marshall, …show more content…
Court Concillor Eduard Vincent Guldener von Lobesi, a doctor who had been consulted about Mozart’s illness and death, indignantly denied any poisoning (Landon, 174). He refers to Mozart’s medical history, which was very extensive. In 1762, Mozart contracted an infection in the upper respiratory tract due to streptococcal infection, the effects of which may be delayed for weeks, months and even years (Landon, 176). Later in 1762, he suffered a “mild attack of rheumatic fever.” In 1764, he contracted tonsillitis. The list of sicknesses continues and grows for the next seven years of Mozart’s life (Landon, 176-177). At the time of Mozart’s death, the accepted cause was rheumatic fever, and that is largely accepted by most scholars today (Landon, 174). There is finally no evidence that Salieri was jealous of Mozart stealing his love interest since Salieri had met his wife in 1775; years before he ever met Mozart. (New Grove Dictionary