Halakhah do Megilla 3:2

Tosafot also add two important qualifications. First, they state that it is inappropriate to listen to music excessively, regardless of the context. As proof, they cite an anecdote that appears in the Yerushalmi (Megillah 3:2) in which Mar Ukva chastised the Reish Galuta (Exilarch) for listening to music when “going to sleep and waking up” – i.e., excessively.¹On this basis, Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach (Halichot Shlomo 1:13:18, Devar Halachah 28) rules that it is forbidden to wake up to an alarm clock that plays music, as this is considered “excessive.”