How can one describe a mystery without having it sound trite or implausible? I have tried to find the words for such a long time, and they always fail me. But let me try again, in hopes that this time the right words will come.
How can one describe a mystery without having it sound trite or implausible? I have tried to find the words for such a long time, and they always fail me. But let me try again, in hopes that this time the right words will come.
Many people think they know just about everything there is to know about Wolfgang Mozart. Thousands of books and tens of thousands of articles have been written about him. Our tendency today is to believe that there is nothing new to be written. We tend to take him for granted, as the person we perceive him to be, and are comfortable in our assumptions. We know he produced an enormous amount of work in a short period of time, and that his genius in music was without limit. We also believe that he was somewhat a failure as a person -- arrogant, frivolous, financially irresponsible, and not much of a Christian. Some of us think he died too young; others think he lived long enough.
But there is another dimension about Mozart that virtually nobody discusses, though we all take this for granted as well. It is the calming and positive effect his music has on all of us. Have we stopped to ask why Mozart's music seems to have a peculiar voice that no other composer's music even begins to emulate? Even known Christian musicians such as Bach and Handel have not been credited with the level of centering and nurturing that Mozart's music has. Why is this? Because Mozart was given a unique aspect to his gifts. He was given a gift of a special energy, a voice not heard in music before.
Mozart died a few months after the debut of his opera Die Zauberflote -- the Magic Flute. The opera was very well received, and he appreciated its success. The libretto was criticized as being disjointed and childish, yet within its story he was able to develop concepts and ideas profound in their genius and wisdom. Greatest of these was the concept of the magic flute itself -- a sound so lovely and pure that it stopped evil in its tracks. The magic flute rescues Pamina from her evil mother and protects her against the wicked Monostatos. It works to unite her with Tamino, and keep them safe through trials that even threatened their lives. The gentle goodness of the magic flute brought them all to victory. Except, it would seem, for Mozart himself.
But did Mozart die in failure, or in victory? And over all of this, was God watching? Did He have another plan in mind? What if the death of Mozart was not the end, but a beginning? What if his dying before his time was not in vain but a sacrifice? What if what followed his death is, if possible, almost as extraordinary as his life?
What if God allowed Mozart to leave a legacy far beyond the multitude of compositions of genius?
What if?
Is it possible for the sound of an instrument -- the voice -- to bring some people to tears and cause others to gnash their teeth? Is it possible for such a voice to actually communicate? To chide, to warn, to comfort? Imagine how confusing it might be for a child. Imagine being surrounded by people who are telling you one thing while the energy in the flute seems to be saying something else. Imagine being brought up by an overbearing Mother, whose every intention seemed to be to lead her daughter away from a life in music and insist that she only marry well. Imagine a father so passive that he followed her every wish, only to nearly end his life when the child did as she was told. Imagine a life of numerous twists and turns, with the only constant being the voice and energy of the flute.
Is this the real Magic Flute that Mozart talked about in his opera? Is the opera unfolding in real life in the middle of this country in a state whose name is very close to "Monostatos"?
Listen, and decide for yourself.
If you'd like to learn more about my ideas and see some photos I took in Saltzburg and Paris of places related to Mozart and his family, as well as about "Piper to the Alternative", a mystery novel about Mozart, visit the Wolfgang Mozart page; for photographs and documents relating to the Presidential Limousine in which President Kennedy was riding on 11/22/63 visit JFK Assassination Presidential Limousine SS-100-X.
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