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Antonio Salieri was an Italian classical composer, conductor, and teacher. Born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, he spent his adult life and career as a subject of the Habsburg Monarchy. Salieri was a pivotal figure in the development of late 18th-century opera who helped to develop and shape many of the features of operatic compositional vocabulary. He was director of the Italian opera from 1774 until 1792, and he wrote works for opera houses in Paris, Rome, and Venice, and his dramatic works were widely performed throughout Europe during his lifetime. As the Austrian imperial Kapellmeister from 1788 to 1824, he was responsible for music at the court chapel and attached school. He was one of the most important and sought-after teachers of his generation, and his influence was felt in every aspect of Vienna's musical life. Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, and Ludwig van Beethoven were among the most famous of his pupils. He never met a Shaffer of whatever ilk.