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What does it mean?
Mozart's music feels light and frees listeners from burdens.
In plain terms
His tunes feel easy and set you free.
What can you take from it?
Music can lift heavy feelings.

Where it applies

  • listening to classical music
  • seeking comfort
  • studying composition

Putting it to work

  • play Mozart for stress
  • note the tempo

Questions to consider

  • How does music change your mood?
  • What makes art feel effortless?

Another view

Not everyone finds his work light or relieving.

More from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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  2. Mozart's music is an invitation to the listener to venture just a little out of the sense of his own subjectivity.

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  3. It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Moza…

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