Antonio Salieri's Accomplishments

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According to ALLMUSIC.com, Antonio Salieri was born in Italy in 1750. His interests in music started when he took his first lessons on the violin and the harp. When Salieri went to visit Vienna Court composer Gassman in 1766, he was impressed by Salieri’s talents. By 1768 Salieri composed his very first opera. After Gassman passed away, Salieri became the new court composer in 1774. Salieri contributed a lot towards opera, and he was highly respected for that. Salieri died in 1825 at the age of 75. He suffered from dementia, and he attempted suicide by slashing his throat several times. Due to his dementia, he claims to have killed Mozart, but when he was more with it, he had totally denied it.
In the movie of Amadeus, it tells us that Salieri