The alarm clock is ringing. The news ticker fills the smartphone home screen with countless new messages. Robot-like flying over the infection levels during the morning routine. With this start of the day it is not easy to get positive thoughts. In addition to the feeling of being locked up and the fear of the consequences of the viral infection, joy in life is spreading through music. Music moves between reminiscence and resilience, and what the corona crisis also teaches us: music can neither be reduced to a sound phenomenon nor to a certain functionality - its social relevance cannot be ignored.