Mozart, from Eden to the Kingdom

Authors

  • Fernando Ortega Universidad Católica Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2236-9937.2025.71475

Keywords:

Music, Eden, Kingdom, death, Night

Abstract

Perhaps the most obvious metaphor of life to designate the secret of Mozart’s music is that of Eden, Paradise. Isn’t his music, in its most inspired moments, pure longing for an original, full happiness? But, paradoxically, Death was the theme that took up the center of his musical thinking. Only an apparent paradox, since the death that the musician accepted and incorporated into his work, purified the abovementioned metaphor from its inherent misunderstandings and mirages. Thus, and going through a dense Night of the spirit, his music was transfigured into hope for the Kingdom.

Author Biography

Fernando Ortega, Universidad Católica Argentina

Doutor em Teologia pela Pontificia Universidade Santo Tomás de Aquino – IT. Decano da Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA). Atualmente, preside o Instituto para la Integración del Saber. Contato: fernando_ortega@uca.edu.ar

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Published

2025-07-12

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Ortega, F. (2025). Mozart, from Eden to the Kingdom. TEOLITERARIA - Revista De Literaturas E Teologias, 15(33), 15–30. https://doi.org/10.23925/2236-9937.2025.71475

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Vol. 15 No. 33 (2025): Metáforas da Vida, força para a resistência e alimento para a esperança

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