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See also:ANTONIO See also:SALIERI (1750-1825) , See also:Italian composer, was See also:born at See also:Legnano, on the 19th of See also:August 1750 . His See also:father was a See also:merchant who died a bankrupt . Through the See also:family of See also:Mocenigo he obtained See also:free See also:admission to the See also:choir school of St See also:Mark's, See also:Venice . In 1766 he was taken to See also:Vienna by F . L . Gassmann, who introduced him to the See also:emperor See also:Joseph . His first See also:opera, Le See also:Donne letterate, was produced at the See also:Burg-Theater in 177o . Others followed in rapid See also:succession, and his Amides (1771) was a triumphant success . On Gassmann's See also:death in 1774, he became Kapellmeister and, on the death of See also:Benno in 1788, Hofkapellmeister . He held his offices for fifty years, though he made frequent visits to See also:Italy and See also:Paris, and composed See also:music for many See also:European theatres . His chef d'oeuvre was literate (afterwards called Axur, re d'Ormus), a See also:work which was preferred by the public of Vienna to See also:Mozart's See also:Don Giovanni . It was first produced at Vienna on the 8th of See also:June 1787, and was revived at See also:Leipzig in 1846, though only for a single See also:representation .
His last opera was See also:Die Neger, produced in 1804
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