Salieri, Antoine
(1750–1825)> COMPOSER
Salieri, Antoine (19 August 1750, Legnano; 12 May 1825, Vienna), composer, learned the harpsichord and violin as a child, and his fine voice enabled him to secure a place as a youth in the choir of St. Mark’s cathedral after financial disaster struck his family. He took lessons in harmony and voice during his stay in Venice, and he was recommended as a student to Gassmann, master of the imperial chapel at Vienna. After his arrival in the Austrian capital on 15 June 1766, Salieri not only…