Richard Todd wrote:

>Salieri was one of the tiny handful of people who accompanied Mozart's body
>to the city gates.

Maybe he just wanted to make sure that Mozart was dead and gone.  I think
he poisoned Mozart with the goal of passing Mozart scores off as his own.
He then figured to win the favor and hand of a beautiful opera singer
(female).  Without the benefit of autopsies, getting away with murder
was much easier in those days.  I love a good murder mystery.

Don Satz
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