Antonio Salieri Quote

I feel that the end of my days is drawing near; my senses are failing me; my delight and strength in creating songs are gone; he, who was once honored by half of Europe, is forgotten; others have come and are the objects of admiration; one must give place to another. Nothing remains for me but trust in God, and the hope of an unclouded existence in the Land of Peace.


Salieri in a conversation with Hüttenbrenner on June 8, 1822, quoted in Alexander Wheelock Thayer, Salieri: rival of Mozart (1989), p. 150


I feel that the end of my days is drawing near; my senses are failing me; my delight and strength in creating songs are gone; he, who was once...

I feel that the end of my days is drawing near; my senses are failing me; my delight and strength in creating songs are gone; he, who was once...

I feel that the end of my days is drawing near; my senses are failing me; my delight and strength in creating songs are gone; he, who was once...

I feel that the end of my days is drawing near; my senses are failing me; my delight and strength in creating songs are gone; he, who was once...