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Pushkin was not the discoverer of the theme of "Mozart and Salieri". As, indeed, of other themes fashionable in his time in the West. He did not hide it from his compatriots. And they themselves, like us today, were "in the know". Without the Internet, by the way. Pushkin exposed to his compatriots the problem of "Genius and Villain". Two positions of musicians equal in profession, "by craft". Two famous and fashionable composers of that time. Here are Salieri's rules of life: ... The first step is difficult And the first path is boring. I overcame early adversity. Craft I put as a footstool for art; I became a craftsman: to my fingers I gave obedient dry fluency And fidelity to the ear. Having killed the sounds, I dissected the music like a corpse. I believed in harmony with algebra. Today Salieri gathers a huge audience on the Internet. How many courses promise to teach us editing, “how to properly design a portfolio”, to win on Instagram! But for some reason, this position has not yielded results yet. :) And here is Mozart’s: “If only everyone could feel the power of Harmony like that! But no: then the world could not exist; no one would care about the needs of low life; everyone would devote themselves to free art. There are few of us, the chosen ones, the happy idle ones, neglecting the despicable benefit, the only beautiful priests.” Let’s leave the Geniuses. Mozart and Pushkin. But let’s give credit to the craftsman Salieri. The artist wants to express the world in the way and to the extent that God or Nature (if you are an atheist) has given him. Almost 150 years will pass and humanity will begin to understand the difference in the work of the hemispheres of the brain. It will begin, because our brain and our emotions are interconnected. But how? Nobody knows.