From the sublime to the sublimated

Mozart's inner world

Abstract

The paper is about Mozart's most symbolical opera The Magic Flute- Die Zauberflöte.  Mozart was most certainly the world's greatest musical genius and often the beauty and charm of his music is linked to what is commonly described as a happy childhood. He had a close and loving relationship with his parents- reflected in volumes of affectionate letters which passed between him and them. Compared to some great composers, who often seem to have lived unhappy, frustrating and occasionally mentally disturbed lives, without the benefit of supportive parents, Mozart's life was not at all bad by 18th century standards. However, the biographies of Mozart as well as the letters also reveal much that would cause us, as curious psychotherapists rather than as musicologists, to wonder whether all was as well internally as his music and his biographies suggest.