Antonio Salieri. August 18, 1750 - May 7, 1825
Posted on 08/29/2005 11:11:07 AM PDT by sitetest
VIENNA, Austria — The Vienna cemetery where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is believed to have once been buried will undergo partial restoration, cultural officials said Friday [August 19] as the city prepares for next year's celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth.
Although the memorial marking Mozart's traditional burial site at St. Marxer Cemetery remains in sound condition, hundreds of other tombstones and statues in the surrounding park have suffered centuries of neglect.
Authorities plan to restore a few of those graves — at a cost of 260,000 euros($316,758) — and use knowledge gained from the task for further restoration work, according to the plans announced Friday.
"The St. Marxer Cemetery must be preserved ... as a valuable cultural monument" and as the only remaining cemetery designed in a distinctive mid-19th century style known as Biedermeier, the city's top cultural official, Andreas Mailath-Pokorny said in a statement.
The St. Marxer Cemetery is now a landmark park, with the gravestones of local artists, scientists and politicians who were buried there between 1784 and 1878.
Mozart died in 1791 and was believed to have been buried in a pauper's grave. Though initially unknown, the grave's likely location was determined in 1855 — a spot now adorned by a column and a mourning angel. The remains from the grave at the memorial site were transferred to the city's central cemetery in 1891 where Mozart was given an grave of honor, authorities said in a statement.
Frankly, I doubt Mr. Mozart cares one way or another right now.
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You're probably right. ;-)
He's been decomposing for a long time now.
Ouch.
By the way, where is Salieri buried?
Mozart's Last Movement
Antonio Salieri
Burial:
Zentral Friedhof (Central Cemetery)
Vienna, Austria
Plot: Group 0, Row 1, Number 54
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Antonio Salieri. August 18, 1750 - May 7, 1825
Dear Borges,
"Salieri was apparently a very generous guy who helped Beethoven, Schubert and Liszt at the start of their career."
I'd been under the impression that Salieri was teacher to these three individuals, and would have thought that he would have received at least some small remuneration. As well, I'd assume that he would have been keen to teach them, as it certainly did no harm to one's reputation to be known as teacher to an up-and-coming musician.
I'd also read that Mozart had planned to teach Beethoven, but that circumstances initially prevented it, and then Mozart died. Joseph Haydn took up the task, instead.
sitetest
Beethhoven had to leave Vienna after visiting Mozart when his father had died. By the time he came back Mozart had died. He took lessons with Haydn for a brief period upon coming back but those didn't go well.
Dear Borges,
"He took lessons with Haydn for a brief period upon coming back but those didn't go well."
My own piano teacher told me that Beethoven felt that Haydn had little to offer him, that although Haydn was a great composer, he couldn't manage to actually successfully transmit that knowledge to Beethoven. I don't know whether that was actually the case. Just what I learned from my old teacher decades ago.
sitetest
That's a pretty grave threat. (Restored or not.)
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