The fourth volume of the RHUMA series of classical music tells the story of the posthumous encounter between Mozart and Salieri.
Salieri, once a famous court music director in Vienna, is now known as a poisoner/murderer and a jealous person. After his death, Salieri had to face Mozart again: when one person pretended with a joke, the other used silence to escape. The popularity of the 1984 movie "Amadeus" broke the balance between jokes and escape, and the boundaries between memories and rumors: between the two Viennas of the present world and the 18th century, under the shadow of Mozart's adventure after his death and Salieri's childhood confinement room, and in the chaotic and complicated relationship between the two and Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Liszt and others, doesn't the historical truth exist in Pushkin's script?
"Ah, you know those Italian gentlemen, how charming they are! If Da Ponte and Salieri were to unite, I would never get a single script."
——Mozart, to his father, May 1783
"You can't imagine how charming Salieri and Cavalieri are... He (Salieri) listened and watched with rapt attention. From the overture to the last chorus, every piece of music made him cheer! As if they could never thank me enough for my kindness."
——Mozart, to his wife, October 1791
"Then we talked about Haydn and Mozart... He (Salieri) talked about Mozart with the joyful love of a young man."
——F. Rochlitz, interview with Salieri, 1822
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