Does a Song Prove That Salieri Didn’t Kill Mozart?

Daily Beast ^ | February 17, 2016 | Shawn E. Milnes

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Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart murdered by Italian composer and contemporary Antonio Salieri? Rumors have persisted since Mozart’s death in 1791. But the idea truly went global nearly 200 years later with the appearance of Peter Shaffer’s fictionalized account of the life and death of Mozart as seen through the eyes of his contemporary and competitor Salieri in Amadeus, first the Tony award-winning play in 1979, and the then the film of the same name by Milos Foreman which won an Oscar for Best Picture in 1985. Scholars have largely and uniformly debunked the theory, including Shaffer’s portrayal of Salieri as an envious and murder-obsessed mediocrity, but the notion endured. Now the recent discovery in a Czech museum of a new song written collaboratively by Mozart and Salieri may silence the rumor-mill for good after 225 years.

[Trumpinator]

LOL - well I am talking about the movie relationship not the real historical one. Dr. Doom thinks he is the smartest scientist on the planet. He considers Mr. Fantastic beneath him in intellect but maybe deep down in his heart he knows Richards is superior to him and it drives him insane to the point of self destruction.