Maybe the movie has little to with whether or not what Salieri was in real life.
True. I've read lots of stuff that said he was a mere contemporary, to being an acquaintance, or maybe a friend.
But anyway...
Assuming we go on what we saw in the film as fact, Salieri was not a crappy composer; he was quite accomplished. Salieri was one of the very few to truly understand what Mozart was. Even in the Mozart operas that were badly attended and closed down early, Salieri saw the genius in Mozart's work even if the rank and file in Austria did not. As in the movie, Mozart in real life died broke and virtually unknown and was buried in a pauper's grave. Salieri's career was far more successful.
Salieri however didn't care about the relative accomplishments of his career to Mozart's, he was angry that God would give what he saw as a superior talent (that he and so few others at the time saw) to an "undeserving" man-child, when Salieri was chaste and obedient to God. That was the story.
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schwester_straw
8 years ago
That's *beep* Mozart didn't die broke, although he lost a lot of money because he had a gambling problem, and he was not placed in a paupers grave. He was buried the same way everybody else was buried at that time in Austria. The king at that time was known for his frugality which he also imposed on his kingdom and people. One way to do that was that he decreed how to bury people. They had to be placed in coffins that had bottoms that opened to let the corpse fall in the hole, so the coffins could be used again. Also most graves at the time were left unmarked. Mozart was buried the same way.
To the claim that he was broke: At the time of Mozarts death the state listed every item in the possession of a deceased to see if the widow had a claim for aid payments from the kingdom. These records are still largely preserved today, Mozarts being one of the preserved ones.
It is a myth that he died broke and was placed in a paupers grave.
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strntz
8 years ago
It's true that Mozart earned good money right up to the end, but, for reasons not explained, he constantly hounded family and friends for loans to cover his debts.
Documents show his debts out weighed his assets upon the time of his death.
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