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Review of Amadeus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has been known as one of the greatest music composer of the history. He was born in 1756 in Salzburg. In early ages, he mastered different kind of musical instruments and even wrote his own music. At the age of four he wrote his first concerto, at the age seven his first symphony, and at the age twelve a full scale opera. His music has remained popular even in these days. Automobile, detergent and many other industries are using Mozart’s music to advertise their products. Many different TV channels are naming their shows on Mozart’s name. Peter Shaffer's play Amadeus explores Mozart's eccentric and controversial life through the eyes of Antonio Salieri, a composer to the Austrian court. Based on it, in 1984, Milos Forman directed a movie which was too named Amadeus. The movie starts with Salieri blaming him for killing Mozart in some room. Salieri slashes his throat while confessing (perhaps to the god) in the room like a crazy man, so his servants send him to a hospital and later he is sent to asylum where he confesses to a priest who had came to help him, and tells him about Mozart. Salieri starts by playing one of the melodies he wrote earlier in his life, asking the priest to recognize it, but the priest fails. He even plays one of his favorite opera music written by him on a piano, which is very sweet but priest still fails to recognize it. He then plays Mozart’s “A Little Night Music.” The priest recognizes that melody. Salieri suffers from the fact that people are forgetting his music. Salieri has known Mozart since he was a kid. He always prayed god to make him a great composer just like Mozart. He offered god his life in return if god fulfilled his wish. Salieri’s wish comes true when he moves to Vienna and become a court composer of the musical king Joseph II. While Salieri is enjoying his life, Mozart decides to go to Vienna and give his concerts. He comes to the resident of Archbishop of Salzburg, where Salieri goes to listen to Mozart’s music.
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