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What does it mean?
Mozart is seen as surpassing past and future composers.
In plain terms
He went beyond other musicians before and after.
What can you take from it?
Some artists redefine boundaries.

Where it applies

  • ranking composers
  • discussing history
  • teaching music theory

Putting it to work

  • compare eras
  • note his techniques

Questions to consider

  • Who defines greatness?
  • Can one artist surpass all others?

Another view

Such praise ignores peers and later achievements.

More from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  1. Mozart said profound things and at the same time remained flippant and lively. ~ Michael Kennedy

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  2. Mozart's music is so beautiful as to entice angels down to earth. ~ Franz Alexander von Kleist

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  3. Mozart's music is the mysterious language of a distant spiritual kingdom, whose marvelous accents echo in our inner being and arouse a higher, intensive life. …

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