Masonic Music

Mozart

It is well know that W.A. Mozart was a brother of the craft. He was initiated in 1784 into a Vienniese Lodge by the name of Zur Wohltätigkeit (Lodge of Benevolence).

The Lodge, in honour of Mozart, has since changed its name to Mozart Lodge. To save computer memory, all six pieces of Masonic music written by Mozart were saved in the MIDI format.

Gesellenreise Freimaurerlied (11.24 kB)	Details	Download
This was written in celebration of a brethren on attaining the second degree. Geselle in German means a journeyman or fellow craft, more experienced than an apprentice, but not yet a master craftsman.
Maurerische Trauermusik (22.09 kB)	Details	Download
The title of this piece in English means Masonic Funeral Music. It was written for the memorial services commemorating the deaths of Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Count Franz Eszterházy von Galantha in November 1785.
Adagio and Rondo in C Minor/Major (10.76 kB)	Details	Download
In May 1791, inspired by the skill of a blind girl, Marianne Kirchgässner, on the glass harmonica, Mozart wrote this piece for that instrument. The pitch of the glass harmonica was controlled by the water level. Unfortunately, we now no longer have the glass harmonica.
Ave verum corpus (4.50 kB)	Details	Download
Mozart wrote this for the use of the choir school of his friend Anton Stoll at Baden.
Cantata:Die ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls Schöpfer ehrt (36.81 kB)	Details	Download
This was written in the last year of Mozart's life, 1791. There was no record regarding the circumstance in which this piece was written. Despite the pressure of work, he was writing the Magic Flute as well as the Requiem Mass in that year, he took time off to compose this Masonic piece. When it came to fulfilling his Masonic duties, Mozart was never too exhausted to oblige.

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