What is the larger importance of Mozart’s work as a product of his historical time and place, and why does his art remain important beyond 18th century Austria?

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What is the larger importance of Mozart’s work as a product of his historical time and place, and why does his art remain important beyond 18th century Austria?

In other words: why is the history of Mozart’s work—which is almost completely apolitical—so deeply historically important?

Quote the lecture, the reading and a scene in Amadeus (1984). (500 words)

What is the larger importance of Mozart’s work as a product of his historical time and place, and why does his art remain important beyond 18th century Austria?
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