Arch Enemy - Saints And Sinners

And he found such a friend, as it seemed to him, in Beethoven. This, of course, was his personal choice, which went against the mood of the then Vienna court. After all, the first teacher of Rudolph was the court composer Anton Tiber, and, according to the logic of things, the Archduke would have to improve in the art of composition with Chief Kapellmeister Salieri, who was considered the best teacher in Vienna. But Rudolph admired Beethoven’s music, and, with all his softness, managed to achieve what he wanted: the emperor was forced to come to terms with the fact that the unbridled genius without ranks and title now entered Hofburg and Schönbrunn.