1750 – 1825 An important Italian composer, conductor and
teacher, Salieri was born in the Republic of Venice. For the
last 36 years of his life Salieri served as imperial
Kapellmeister in Vienna, the position that made him one of the
most influential musicians in Europe. Salieri was a prominent
teacher: Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt were among his students.
Even though there is no direct evidence that Salieri poisoned
Mozart, Pushkin, Rimsky-Korsakov and lately the play Amadeus
revived the possible ill-treatment by Salieri towards Mozart.