Salieri is jealous when the monarch employing him as a court composer commissions Mozart to write an opera in German. He is astounded to read some original [[sheet music]] (brought secretly by Mozart's wife); there are no corrections in them, as if he had the finished music in his head and was simply transcribing it. | Salieri is jealous when the monarch employing him as a court composer commissions Mozart to write an opera in German. He is astounded to read some original [[sheet music]] (brought secretly by Mozart's wife); there are no corrections in them, as if he had the finished music in his head and was simply transcribing it. |