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…He was the son of Leopold Mozart, Kapellmeister to the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, and much the reason behind’s Wolfgang’s education. By the age of three he could play the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart piano, and he…

…The play “Amadeus” by Peter Shaffer was not written in order to be a biography of the great composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, much more than this, Peter Shaffer wrote it as a story, rather than a history. In his story he was free to insert fiction…

…Amadeus Review Amadeus is a tale of madness, longing, envy, lust, and confession. All of it surrounds one man: Antonio Salieri. It’s 1781 and Salieri is the court composer to Emperor Joseph II. All is well, until Mozart arrives and shows off musical…

…The title of the movie should actually be "Salieri", because the whole movie is really about his jealousy of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and how Salieri was overshadowed musically by Mozart. In the beginning, Salieri makes a "deal" with God so He will make…

…Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg in Austria, the son of Leopold, Kapellmeister…

…Mozart's life with a very interesting dramatic story. Amadeus covers the time that Mozart spent mostly in Vienna, the musical center of Europe at the time. The film chronicles Mozart's triumphs and failures as viewed by the film's protagonist and most complex…

…Antonio Salieri. Abraham portrays a talented yet mediocre musician who, having revered God all his life, shows us clearly that pride goes before the fall. It is Salieri's greed for fame, and pride in his own moral goodness that lead him to denounce Mozart…

…The three prominent composers of the classical period were Franz Haydn, Wolfgang Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven. These three composers together are known as the masters of the Viennese School. All three of them studied and composed their music…

…Amadaus is a biographacal film as seen through the eyes of rival court composer Antonio Salieri on the eve of Salieri's suicide. He is at once fiercely jealous of and totally awestruck by the young Mozart, whose genius as a composer undeniably exceeds…

…. He was content with his music, and was considered a great Italian composer. God had given him a gift, the gift of wonderful music. Antonio Salieri’s life was changed the day he heard Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The music he heard was that of God…