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Chapter Fifteen
Mozart Knew

Music, poetry, and prose can be harnessed to advance earth's anticivilization. For instance, Alanis Morissette used music to advance the anticivilization. Some of her popular music promulgates the essence of earth's bizarre world: irrationality. Songs like Ironic, You Learn, and Hand in my Pocket promote failure and irrationality as a metaphysical primary. She prospers greatly by imbuing the concepts of irrationality and failure into the minds of earthlings. Others, by contrast—who promote success and rationality—are attacked, fined, banned, or worse. Why? Today, everyone lives in an upside-down world. And Alanis Morissette is advancing that upside-down world by trapping earthlings in a web of failure.

Music—like painting, sculpture, and architecture—is an art form. As such, one can use music to refuel one's consciousness. Music, along with other art forms, provides the emotional fuel that enables one to continue exerting productive effort. It also provides one with great psychological pleasures.

Classical music is one of the most sublime forms of art. It can induce a wide range of emotions—from melancholy to rapture, from tears to smiles. For example, certain classical music can relax oneself or even put oneself to sleep. Other music can stir one's spirit or make one feel invincible. Classical music can also boost mind power by invoking ideal brainwaves for thinking. This is popularly known as the Mozart Effect.

Baroque music by Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and others is supremely elegant and beautiful. Romantic music by Frederic Chopin, Johann Strauss Jr., Gioacchino Rossini, Sergei Rachmaninoff and others is extraordinarily brilliant and pleasurable. But classical music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven is the most mentally stimulating and emotionally arousing music of all.

Consider the two most talented and celebrated composers in history: Mozart and Beethoven. Each created stellar music—melodies from the Civilization of the Universe. Mozart was more prolific in his youth than Beethoven. But after Beethoven matured, he surpassed Mozart with unusually powerful symphonies, sonatas, and other works. Perhaps if Mozart lived a long life, he would have elevated his talent even more and produced works that surpass the passion and intensity characterized by Beethoven's music.

Beethoven was fortunate to live a full life. He had more time to develop his musical talent than Mozart did. This enabled Beethoven to produce music that is unsurpassed in passion and intensity. Some of Mozart's greatest music—such as his Symphony #25, Piano Concerto #21, and Piano Sonata in A—is as powerful and beautiful as most of Beethoven's work. But Beethoven's greatest music—such as his Symphony #5, Piano Concerto #3, and Piano Sonata #8—stands alone.

Take Beethoven's Fifth Symphony for instance. That music is unparalleled in sheer intensity and grandeur. Beethoven's Fifth commands the attention of listeners with an unusual mastery. His symphony takes listeners on a journey that transcends the anticivilization. Why? Because Beethoven's Fifth resonates to the Symphony of the Universe—and not just during the first four notes of his extraordinary work. In the last movement, Beethoven metaphorically lifts listeners out of earth's anticivilization to experience the breathtaking Civilization of the Universe. That fourth movement explodes in dynamic grandeur that can never be part of earth's provincial civilization.

Rock music can transport listeners out of earth's anticivilization and into the Civilization of the Universe, albeit temporarily. Different categories of music can do this, such as romantic, soul, and dance music. But some rock songs can swing open the psychological door to experience the all-powerful Civilization of the Universe.

A lot of rock music arises from the anticivilization. Such music comes from a nihilistic base that promotes the loss or destruction of values. But some rock music is diametrically opposed to those absurd dynamics. Some rock music reflects the excitement and euphony that comprises the Civilization of the Universe.

Which rock music will take one beyond the parochial anticivilization? Key songs by Blues Traveler, Heart, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Triumph, U2, and others can uplift one beyond earth's stagnating world.

Several rock groups play music that arises from the Civilization of the Universe. The groups listed above are just a few whose music can transport listeners out of earth's anticivilization and into the Civilization of the Universe. Listening to key songs from those rock groups lets one glimpse that forthcoming world.

Dance music, like classical, rock, and other music, can transport listeners out of the anticivilization and into the Civilization of the Universe. Such a journey lets listeners experience powerful rhythms and rich excitement.

Which dance music can elevate one above the anticivilization? Music by C & C Music Factory, Information Society, KC & The Sunshine Band, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Technotronics, and others can lift one above earth's disharmonious world. Many other dance musicians produce songs that arise from the Civilization of the Universe. Above are just a few whose music resonates to the Symphony of the Universe.

Certain classical music—along with baroque and romantic music—can transpose listeners from earth's anticivilization into the Civilization of the Universe. One can listen to this music to experience the elegance and beauty that abounds in the Civilization of the Universe.

Music from the following composers lets one emotionally experience the Civilization of the Universe: Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Haydn, Mozart, Rossini, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, and others.

These and similar composers take listeners out of the anticivilization to hear the Symphony of the Universe. Through baroque, classical, and romantic music, anyone can tap into that universal symphony.

From the perspective of earth's anticivilization, the Civilization of the Universe is awesome—almost unbelievable. Since everyone on earth lives in the anticivilization, no one knows what life is like in the Civilization of the Universe. Today, human beings know about this universal civilization only through hypotheses, comparisons, metaphors, and brief glimpses.

Knowledge of the Civilization of the Universe needs to be derived from deductive and inductive reasoning, along with valid comparisons. In other words, realistic projections about life in that rational civilization have to be grounded in well-reasoned thoughts arising from observable facts.

However, today anyone can glimpse that civilization through key entities that are available on earth. Things like romantic love, young children, plants, animals, mathematics, physics, Objectivist philosophy, and certain music, art, and literature are not anticivilization entities. They are Civilization-of-the-Universe entities. As such, one can experience that new-world civilization through these entities.

A great way to glimpse the Civilization of the Universe is to listen to its music. These universal melodies throw open the metaphorical gates to that New World. Certain musical artists let one enter the Civilization of the Universe to experience power and passion that are not part of earth's anticivilization.

When listening to these universal melodies, one will notice a general pattern. The music begins with an attractive melody that holds one's attention. Then the music builds anticipation. Near the middle of the song, the musician does something that differentiates this music from anticivilization music. The musician departs from the anticivilization to pierce the Civilization of the Universe. One will encounter something radically different at this point. Nothing in earth's anticivilization compares to this wide-open, immensely creative, uplifting, and powerful experience. Consider the following melodies:

* Symphony #5 by Ludwig van Beethoven
* Rock and Roll Machine by Triumph

The opening movements of these songs capture the listener's attention. But, at this point, the listener thinks this is ordinary music. Then, as the music builds up, the listener senses something different, like something wonderful is about to happen. The music changes as it throws open the gates to the Civilization of the Universe. This occurs in Beethoven's Fifth Symphony at the beginning of the fourth movement. It also occurs in Triumph's Rock and Roll Machine during the virtuoso guitar solo in the second half of this song. These magical melodies transport listeners directly into the Civilization of the Universe to experience its breathtaking beauty. Listeners glimpse profound beauty and power—far beyond anything available within earth's anticivilization.

At this point, listeners have peered into the Civilization of the Universe. Listeners have glimpsed the supreme beauty and excitement that is a natural part of conscious life. Citizens of Earth can thank Mozart, Beethoven, Triumph, and others for being able to glimpse the Civilization of the Universe through music.

In the anticivilization, art portrays the irrational. However, certain works of art belong to the Civilization of the Universe. Works by Titian, Raphael, and da Vinci, for example, are part of the Civilization of the Universe.

Certain anticivilization art lets viewers grasp the nature of the criminal mind. For instance, William Blake's The Ghost of a Flea reveals the hidden image of the soul of criminal-minded leaders. Such a ghost or soul is an all-devouring juggernaut roaming the land in search of defenseless entities to consume. In the real world, those defenseless entities are innocent, honest value producers—truly noble human beings. The ghost, in the real world, is the criminal-minded politician, dictatorial bureaucrat, or deep-pocket-seeking lawyer—truly ignoble human beings.

Another example, perhaps a better one, is Saturn Devouring One of His Sons by Francisco de Goya. This painting is a metaphorical expose of a humanoid leader devouring a human being. This work reveals the underlying problem of the anticivilization: the mind/body dichotomy. But it also reveals, in a metaphorical sense, how those who orchestrate the anticivilization destroy man's mind first, then they destroy his body. Francisco de Goya's painting truly is a revealing work of art.

If such artists explicitly revealed these anticivilization dynamics, they would be targeted, attacked, prosecuted, imprisoned, or murdered. Attacked, imprisoned, or murdered by whom? By the perpetrators of the anticivilization: criminal-minded leaders and their hired thieves and murderers.

Thus arises the value of anticivilization art. Irrational art generally is of little value in terms of replenishing one's soul. Civilization-of-the-Universe art does this perfectly. Yet, some anticivilization art provides viewers with right-brain understandings of anticivilization dynamics. With such an understanding—emotional as well as intellectual—individuals will first scorn and then reject criminal-minded leaders, their hired agents of force, and the entire anticivilization. What are the implications?

As citizens begin scorning the criminal mind and its hoaxed anticivilization, the entire superstructure of initiatory force and fraud will weaken and crumble. And as pieces begin crumbling—such as the United States Internal Revenue Service—everyone will abandon the anticivilization to enter the Civilization of the Universe. At that point, the anticivilization will fade into nothing. Everyone will then be free to exploit his or her most competitive attributes for unlimited prosperity, romance, and joy. Rather than growing old and dying, human beings will live forever with supreme health and happiness.

A New World is coming to planet Earth. That New World comprises a universe of rationality, honesty, riches, and exciting happiness. The following songs let one experience the beauty, harmony, and excitement that everyone will enjoy in that forthcoming world. It does not yet exist on planet Earth. But it could arrive early in the 21^st century. For now, however, one can feel the glory and beauty that everyone will eventually experience. How? By listening to the following melodies:

* Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Symphony #1, Symphony #6

* Bach, Johann Christian: Overture #2 in B-flat major

* Bach, Johann Sebastian: The Art of Fugue, Badinerie, Air from Orchestral Suite #3, Lute Suite #4, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, Sonata #4 in A minor, Harpsichord Concerto #1, The Brandenburg Concertos

* Boccherini, Luigi: Minuet, String Quintet in E, Quintet #4, Quintet #24, Cello Concerto in A, Cello Concerto in G major, Concerto in D, Symphony in D major, Symphony in E major, Symphony #1

* Corelli, Arcangelo: String Sonata #2

* Handel, George Frideric: Sonata in B, Sonata in F, Recorder Sonata, Concerto Grosso, Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Music for the Royal Fireworks, Water Music, Hallelujah Chorus

* Pachelbel, Johann: Canon

* Scarlatti, Domenico: Sonata in B-flat, Sonata in E, Sonata in G major

* Telemann, Georg Philipp: Viola Concerto in G major, Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in D major, Trumpet Concerto in E major, Concerto in B-flat major, Concerto #1, Water Music, Table Music

* Vivaldi, Antonio: Lute Concerto in D, Trumpet Concerto in B-flat, Guitar Concerto in A, Guitar Concerto in D major, Concerto #7, The Four Seasons

* Weiss, Silvius Leopold: Partita in G major

* Beethoven, Ludwig van: Choral Fantasy, Fur Elise, Overture to Egmont, Piano Sonata #8 (Pathetique), Piano Sonata #14 (Moonlight), Piano Sonata #15, Piano Sonata #21 (Waldstein), Piano Sonata #26 (Les Adieux), Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Piano Concerto #1, Piano Concerto #3, Piano Concerto #5 (Emperor), Symphony #2, Symphony #3 (Eroica), Symphony #5, Symphony #6 (Pastoral), Symphony #7, Symphony #9 (Choral)

* Haydn, Franz Joseph: Piano Trio #26, Piano Trio #44, Piano Sonata #53, Trumpet Concerto in E-flat, Harpsichord Concerto #2, Violin Concerto #1, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G major, Piano Concerto in F major, Concerto #7, Symphony #22 (The Philosopher), Symphony #45 (Farewell Symphony), Symphony #82 (The Bear), Symphony #94 (Surprise), Symphony #101 (The Clock), Symphony #104 (The London Symphony)

* Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Divertimento in D major, Serenade in D, Serenade in E-flat major, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, The Marriage of Figaro Overture, The Magic Flute Overture, Piano Sonata in A, Piano Sonata in B-flat major, Piano Sonata #2, French Horn Concerto #4, Violin Concerto #5 (Turkish), Piano Concerto #1, Piano Concerto #7, Piano Concerto #10, Piano Concerto #13, Piano Concerto #20, Piano Concerto #21, Piano Concerto #23, Piano Concerto #26 (Coronation), Piano Concerto #27, Symphony #10, Symphony #25, Symphony #29, Symphony #34, Symphony #35 (Haffner), Symphony #38 (Prague), Symphony #40, Symphony #41 (Jupiter)

* Berlioz, Hector: Damnation of Faust, Symphonie Fantastique

* Bizet, Georges: Symphony #1, Carmen

* Brahms, Johannes: Piano Quartet #1, Academic Festival Overture, Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Hungarian Dance #5, Piano Sonata #2, Piano Sonata #3, Piano Concerto #1, Symphony #1, Symphony #2, Symphony #4

* Bruch, Max: Violin Concerto #1

* Chopin, Frederic: Grande Valse Brillante, Four Ballads, Five Waltzes, Polonaise (Heroic), Minute Waltz, Piano Concerto #1, Piano Concerto #2

* Debussy, Claude: Dances for Harp and String, Reverie, Three Nocturnes, La Mer, Claire de Lune

* Delibes, Leo: Coppelia

* Ditters von Dittersdorf, Carl: Harp Concerto

* Dvorak, Antonin: Symphony #9 (From the New World)

* Elgar, Edward: Pomp and Circumstance March

* Fauré, Gabriel: Impromptu

* Franck, César: Symphonic Variations, Sonata in A major, The Breezes

* Grieg, Edvard: Peer Gynt Suite

* Herbert, Victor: March of the Toys

* Holst, Gustave: Jupiter (The Planets)

* Liszt, Franz: Hungarian Rhapsody #6, Hungarian Rhapsody #11, Hungarian Rhapsody #15, Hungarian Dance #13, Liebestraum, Mephisto Waltz, Concerto #1 in E-flat major

* Mendelssohn, Felix: Die Hebriden, Wedding March, Piano Trio in C minor, Piano Concerto #1, Piano Concerto #2, Symphony #2

* Rachmaninoff, Sergei: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Piano Concerto #2, Piano Concerto #3, Symphony #2

* Ravel, Maurice: Bolero

* Rossini, Gioacchino: Overture to Semiramide, Overture to the Barber of Seville, William Tell Overture, Thieving Magpie Overture

* Schubert, Franz: Piano Trio in E-flat, String Quartet #10, String Quartet #14, Trout Quintet, Schwanengesang, Piano Sonata in A major, Piano Sonata in B-flat major, Symphony #8 (Unfinished), Symphony #9 (The Great C Major)

* Schumann, Robert: Allegro Opus 8, Violin Sonata #2, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A major, Piano Concerto in A minor

* Strauss, Johann Jr.: Artist's Life, Emperor Waltz, The Blue Danube

* Strauss, Richard: Horn Concerto #2, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Don Quixote

* Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich: March Sslav, Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, 1812, Nutcracker

* Verdi, Giuseppe: String Quartet in E minor, Aida

* Wagner, Richard: Tristan and Isolde, Ride of the Valkyries

* Joplin, Scott: The Entertainer

* Copland, Aaron: Fanfare for the Common Man

* Sousa, John Philip: Semper Fidelis, The Stars and Stripes Forever

* Williams, Mason: Classical Gas

* Brown, James: Got the Feelin', I Got You (I Feel Good)

* 38 Special: Rockin' into the Night, Hold on Loosely

* Aerosmith: Last Child

* Beach Boys: Little Deuce Coupe

* Blue Oyster Cult: Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll, Take Me Away, Godzilla, Harvest Moon

* Blues Traveler: Carolina Blues

* Frampton, Peter: Do You Feel Like I Do

* Heart: Little Queen, Love Alive

* Judas Priest: You've Got Another Thing Coming

* Led Zeppelin: Moby Dick, Travelling Riverside Blues, The Girl I Love

* Nugent, Ted: Free-for-All, Stranglehold, Great White Buffalo, Live It Up

* Queen: We are the Champions, Keep Yourself Alive

* Rainbow: Man on the Silver Mountain

* Rare Earth: I Just Want To Celebrate

* REO Speedwagon: Like You Do, Golden Country, 157 Riverside Avenue, Flying Turkey Trot, Keep Pushin'

* Rush: Temple of Syrinx, A Farewell to Kings, La Villa Strangiato, Red Barchetta, Anthem, The Trees, Tom Sawyer, Something for Nothing, Xanadu, Big Money, Half the World

* Santana: Europa, Open Invitations, Oye Como Va, Hope You're Feeling Better

* Satriani, Joe: Satch Boogie, Back to Shalla-bal, Big Bad Moon

* Skynyrd, Lynyrd: Gimme Back My Bullets

* Sublime: What I Got (Reprise)

* Sugar Loaf: Don't Call Us We'll Call You

* Three Dog Night: An Old Fashioned Love Song, Joy to the World

* Triumph: Hold On, Magic Power, Fight the Good Fight, Never Surrender, Rock and Roll Machine, Lay it on the Line, Somebody's Out There

* U2: Bullet Blue Sky, Mysterious Ways, Desire

* Vaughan, Stevie Ray: Telephone Song, Couldn't Stand the Weather, Crossfire

* Winwood, Steve: Dear Mr. Fantasy, Empty Pages, Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys

* 1984: Jam On It

* Black Box: Everybody Everybody (Le Freak Mix Edit), Strike it Up

* Brown, Peter: Dance With Me

* C & C Music Factory: Here We Go Let's Rock & Roll, Things that Make You Go Hmmmm, Gonna Make You Sweat

* Clinton, George: Brick House

* Information Society: Pure Energy, Think

* Jackson, Janet: The Pleasure Principle, Black Cat, Control

* Jackson, Michael: Wanna be Startin' Something, The Way You Make Me Feel, Don't Stop 'till You Get Enough

* K. C. & The Sunshine Band: I'm Your Boogie Man

* Parliament: Give up the Funk

* Prince: Kiss, 1999, Cream

* Wild Cherry: Play That Funky Music

* Wonder, Stevie: Sir Duke, Higher Ground, I Wish, Superstition

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