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What does it mean?
Mozart connected directly to the essence of music with effortless originality.
In plain terms
He expressed music naturally and perfectly.
What can you take from it?
Great art often feels spontaneous and inevitable.

Where it applies

  • composition
  • performance
  • listening

Putting it to work

  • seeking natural expression
  • valuing spontaneity

Questions to consider

  • Is true creativity always spontaneous?
  • How do we recognize the source of art?

Another view

It may downplay the discipline behind his apparent ease.

More from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  1. Mozart encompasses the entire domain of musical creation, but I've got only the keyboard in my poor head. ~ Frederic Chopin

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  2. Mozart does not give the listener time to catch his breath, for no sooner is one inclined to reflect upon a beautiful inspiration than another appears, even mo…

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  3. It is a real pleasure to see music so bright and spontaneous expressed with corresponding ease and grace. ~ Johannes Brahms

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