Antonio Salieri. Intrigue? Envious? Murderer? Nechaev S.

Antonio Salieri knows everyone, but mainly in connection with the untimely end of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Thanks to the Pushkin tragedy in Russia, Salieri is considered an envious person who insidiously poisoned their ingenious competitor. But in fact, he was a wonderful composer, musician and teacher, who left behind a huge musical heritage. At one time, he was incredibly popular, successful and held the highest musical positions at the Austrian court. It is enough to name the names of his students: Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt and others.

others loved Salieri for responsiveness, kindness and cheerful disposition, and he had no reason to envy Mozart, and even more so wish for his death. You can verify this by studying the biography of Salieri not by rumors and artistic fictions, but according to the documents of his era.

The book of the writer and historian Sergei Nechaev is an attempt to historical rehabilitation of an outstanding person and a talented composer who does not deserve at all that he does not deserve it, To stay in the memory of the descendants of the “poisoner” of Mozart.

for a wide range of readers.