Antonio Salieri, a man of less than monkish virtue, and of very little talent,

Falsely promised the deliverance of Jerusalem from infidel rule,

This was a lie. All his music was packed full of lies and thefts.

At the age of 35 Amadeus Mozart fell ill. Mozart was prodigious producing:

Opera buffa such as Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi Fan Tutte

Opera seria such as Idomeneo and Die Zauberflote

Mozart's  final illness was spent writing his Requiem: his meditation upon death.

He was nursed by his wife, Constanze. Was he poisoned by Salieri?

Who knows? Salieri was proud. The sin of pride is the sin of sins.

 It was this sin which transformed Lucifer, an anointed cherub of God,

The very seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty,

 Into Satan, the devil, the father of lies, the one for whom Hell itself was created.

 Mozart was interred in a common grave, a pauper’s grave at Sankt Marxer Friedhof

Salieri, Süssmayr, van Swieteand and two other musicians were present.

They were assured of his death and breathed more easily as a consequence.

The tale of a storm and snow on his burial day is false;

The day was calm and mild, for all of the absent mourners.