RE: Salieri in Amadeus
April 29, 2016 at 3:59 pm
(This post was last modified: April 29, 2016 at 4:05 pm by Alex K.)
Mozart is such an insanely polished and refined composer that almost anyone writing in a similar style will seem to lack perfection in comparison. And no, Salieri is not going to become one of my favorites any time soon, possibly also because his best works are said to be his operas, and I'm not very fond of classical opera in general.
My gripe was just that the movie portrays him as rather incompetent at his craft. His operas are very good, he really knew how to write something dramatic. His purely instrumental works seem a bit uninspired and don't compensate that by being technically absolutely perfect, like Mozart's more boring works. That's just my layman's opinion, of course.
My gripe was just that the movie portrays him as rather incompetent at his craft. His operas are very good, he really knew how to write something dramatic. His purely instrumental works seem a bit uninspired and don't compensate that by being technically absolutely perfect, like Mozart's more boring works. That's just my layman's opinion, of course.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
