The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven
by Charles Rosen
Period: Classic
Born: Tuesday, August 18, 1750 in Verona, Italy
Died: Saturday, May 7, 1825 in Vienna, Austria
Nation of Origin: Italy
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Salieri gave music lessons to such high-profile composers as Beethoven, Schubert, and Liszt. He was a fine composer and was unjustly maligned by the movie "Amadeus." The film implies that Salieri caused Mozart's death because he envied Mozart's talent. That is not the case. Mozart died of rheumatic inflammatory fever. The two composers enjoyed a good professional relationship by all accounts.
General Bibliography:
Blume, Friedrich, with Norton, M. D. (Translator) and Norton, Herter (Translator), Classic and Romantic Music; A Comprehensive Survey, W. W. Norton & Company, November 1970, ISBN: 0393098680
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629
Rosen, Charles, The Classical Style : Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, W. W. Norton & Company, March 1997, ISBN: 0393040208
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
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Classy Classical bio by Chad Hille
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