CD releases of Mozart's Freemason music are not often seen, but they have been there before. In this edition it is mainly the Meistermusik that attracts attention. The title of this work (although also previously released on CD) will not immediately be familiar to outspoken Mozart fans. And yet they can dream of this music, but in the instrumental version under the title Maurerische Trauermusik.
The so-called Meistermusik would then be the original vocal version of the Trauermusik, if we believe in the ideas of the French musicologist Philippe Autexier. And it is like this: in the Trauermusik Mozart used a Gregorian chant, referring to the Biblical lamentations of Jeremiah. In itself that chant can be related to the Masonic rituals. The text is about the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem, a subject that naturally touched the heart of the Masons. The question, however, is whether that Gregorian melody was perhaps sung during Mozart's performances in the lodge. According to Author this was indeed the case, and that was reason for him to reconstruct that (supposed) original version. According to Author, this version was used in 1785 for the ordination of a Freemason as 'master'. Only later that year would the same music have been performed purely instrumentally, in memory of the statesmen Duke Georg August zu Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Count Franz Esterházy. (HJ) The question, however, is whether that Gregorian melody was perhaps sung during Mozart's performances in the box. According to Author, this was indeed the case, and that was reason for him to reconstruct that (supposed) original version. According to Author, this version was used in 1785 for the consecration of a Freemason to 'master'. Only later that year would the same music have been performed purely instrumentally, in memory of the statesmen Duke Georg August zu Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Count Franz Esterházy. (HJ) The question, however, is whether that Gregorian melody was perhaps sung during Mozart's performances in the box. According to Author this was indeed the case, and that was reason for him to reconstruct that (supposed) original version. According to Author, this version was used in 1785 for the ordination of a Freemason as 'master'. It was not until later that year that the same music would have been performed purely instrumentally, in memory of the statesmen Duke Georg August zu Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Count Franz Esterházy. (HJ) Only later that year would the same music have been performed purely instrumentally, in memory of the statesmen Duke Georg August zu Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Count Franz Esterházy. (HJ) It was not until later that year that the same music would have been performed purely instrumentally, in memory of the statesmen Duke Georg August zu Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Count Franz Esterházy. (HJ)more
