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What does it mean?
Von Kleist claims Mozart's music is so beautiful it could call angels down to earth.
In plain terms
Mozart's music is so beautiful it makes angels want to come to earth.
What can you take from it?
Appreciate art that reaches the divine.

Where it applies

  • listening
  • contemplation

Putting it to work

  • seek divine art
  • reflect on beauty

Questions to consider

  • What makes art feel divine?
  • Can music be supernatural?

Another view

This is hyperbolic poetic language rather than fact.

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