Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)
A contemporary of
Mozart, he worked at the Viennese court and eventually became Kappelmeister. There were rumours that he poisoned
Mozart, and he even falsely confessed to poisoning Mozart when he was in his old age and a bit
delusional, but these rumours are not true. Tried to take his own life in 1823.
Due to the works of Alexander Pushkin's 'Mozart and Salieri', and Peter Shaffer's 'Amadeus', Salieri has been unfairly painted as a mediocre composer, though this is also not true.