“…passions, violent or not, must never be expressed to the po…”

“…passions, violent or not, must never be expressed to the point of disgust, and Music must never offend the ear, even in most horrendous situations, but must always be pleasing, in other words always remain Music…”

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Title: Wikiquote: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Letter to Leopold Mozart, (Vienna, 26 September 1781), from Mozart's Letters, Mozart's Life: Selected Letters, ed. Robert Spaethling [W.W. Norton, 2000, ], p. 286

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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart

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