Salieri

[suh l-yair-ee, sal-; Italian sah-lye-ree]

noun

An·to·nio

[an-toh-nee-oh; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/, 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.

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Historical Examples of salieri

Here he became a pupil of Czerny, Salieri and Randhartinger.
A Popular History of the Art of Music
W. S. B. Mathews
Salieri had no reason for combating the Emperor's inclinations, since they were also his own.
Life Of Mozart, Vol. 2 (of 3)
Otto Jahn
But Salieri was much too cautious to allow Mozart to attain to such a position.
Life Of Mozart, Vol. 2 (of 3)
Otto Jahn
How far, after all, was Salieri capable of influencing the music of his day?
Life Of Mozart, Vol. 2 (of 3)
Otto Jahn
Salieri and all his adherents will move heaven and earth against it.
Life Of Mozart, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Otto Jahn

British Dictionary definitions for salieri

Salieri

noun

Antonio (anˈtonjo). 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor, who worked in Vienna (from 1766). The suggestion that he poisoned Mozart has no foundation

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