Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) - Hofkapellmeister Messe (1788)

Autor: Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) Obra: Hofkapellmeister Messe (1788) Intèrprets: Chor, Solisten und Orchester St. Agustіn; Frіedrіch WoIf Pintura: Ivan Konstantinovitx Aivazovski (1817-1900) - Jesus Walks on Water (1888) (detail) --- Antonio Salieri (Legnago, 18 August 1750 - Vienna, 7 May 1825) Italian composer, mainly active in Vienna. Born in Legnago in the Veneto, he studied violin and keyboard with his brother Francesco and with a local organist, Giuseppe Simoni. After the deaths of his parents between 1763 and 1765 he was taken to Venice, where his musical education continued. The Viennese composer F.L. Gassmann, in Venice to oversee the production of his opera Achille in Sciro in 1766, noticed Salieri’s talent and ambition and took the youth back to Vienna with him. Under Gassmann’s direction he began an intensive programme of musical training. Described by his student Anselm Hüttenbrenner as ‘the greatest musical diplomat’, Salieri won the frien