Basso (cello/double bass)
(choir: TB -
0.2.1.3bassethn.0.dble
bsn - 2.0.0.0 - str)
SKU: BR.OB-5148-26
Attempted
Reconstruction of the
Original Version of the
'Masonic Funeral Music'
K. 477 (479a).
Composed by Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart. Edited by
Philippe A. Autexier.
Arranged by Gustave
Sandre. Softcover.
Orchester-Bibliothek
(Orchestral Library). In
1785, Mozart repeatedly
visited the Viennese
Freemasons' Lodge Zur
wahren Eintracht, where
on 12 August Carl von
Konig was elevated to the
rank of a Master. It was
fort his ceremony that
Mozart composed the
,,Meistermusik. Classical
period. Part. 2 pages.
Breitkopf and Haertel #OB
5148-26. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.OB-5148-26).
ISBN
9790004329702. 9 x 12
inches.
In 1785,
Mozart repeatedly visited
the Viennese Freemasons
Lodge Zur wahren
Eintracht, where on 12
August Carl von Konig was
elevated to the rank of a
Master. It was fort his
ceremony that Mozart
composed the Meistermusik
(Master Music) for mens
chorus and orchestra. The
score does not contain
the choral parts, perhaps
because they were doubled
by the oboe I and
clarinet parts, a
pecularity undoubtedly
suited to the singing
capacity of the Lodge
members. From a detailed
analyses of the work and
of the Freemasons
practices, on can infer
that the text was drawn
from the third
Lamentation of Jeremiah.
Mozart at least entered
the correct date of
composition of the Master
Music in his own work
catalogue, namely Jully
(1785).For a performance
without chorus which most
probably took place on 9
December 1785, Mozart
added three new, low wind
parts which emphasize the
gloomy mood of the work.
It is with these added
parts that the work has
come down to us as the
Maurerische Trauermusik
(Masonic Funeral
Music).
In 1785,
Mozart repeatedly visited
the Viennese Freemasons'
Lodge Zur wahren
Eintracht, where on 12
August Carl von Konig was
elevated to the rank of a
Master. It was fort his
ceremony that Mozart
composed the
Meistermusik.
