
Antonio Salieri (18 August 1750 – 7 May 1825) was an Italian classical composer, conductor, and teacher.He was born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, and spent his adult life and career as a subject of the Habsburg Monarchy. Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, and Ludwig van Beethoven were among the most famous of his pupils. Salieri's music slowly disappeared from the repertoir..