Mozart: Freimaurermusik

[Robin Landseadel]

	Wolfgang Mozart joined the order of the freemasons at the
	lodge "Zur Wohltätigkeit" (Benefaction) in Vienna on December
	14, 1784. Mozart and freemasonry seemed an ideal match, and
	in a little over a year he would achieve the status of "master
	mason." A small number of works among Mozart's late output
	was intended directly for use in Masonic lodges, and two major
	non-Masonic works, the opera Die Zauberflöte (The Magic
	Flute, K. 620) and the Requiem K. 626, share strong Masonic
	connections. The best known of Mozart's Masonic compositions
	is the Maurerische Trauermusik, K. 477 (479a) scored originally
	for two violins, two violas, clarinet, basset horn, two oboes, two
	horns, and bass. Mozart later added parts for two additional
	basset horns and bassoon, resulting in an instrumentation
	absolutely unique in Mozart's vast output. . .

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http://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=448

On Jul 14, 2009, at 8:14 AM, Otto wrote:

> http://www.tonspion.de/musik/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/musik/351145