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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was initiated an Entered Apprentice on December 14, 1784 in Charity Lodge (Loge zur Wohltätigkeit) in Vienna, Austria. He was passed to the degree of Fellow Craft on January 7, 1785 and raised a Master Mason shortly thereafter. His father became a Mason in 1785 while visiting him in Vienna.
Mozart was an active Freemason, composing music for Lodge work as early as March of 1785 and culminating with a full opera based on Masonic symbolism, The Magic Flute, which he composed in 1791 – the year he died.
The following is a short list of Mozart’s Masonic, musical compositions. More compositions can be found by clicking here.
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Gesellenreise (Fellow Craft's Journey), K. 468, March 1785
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Die Maurerfreude (The Mason's Joy), K. 471, premiered 24 April 1785
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Maurerische Trauermusik (The Masonic Funeral Music), K. 477/479a, no later than November 1785.
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Two songs, K. 483 and K. 484, to celebrate the opening of Zur Neugekrönten Hoffnung (Lodge of Newly Crowned Hope); 14 January 1786.
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Die ihr die unermesslichen Weltalls Schöpfer ehrt (Those who honor the Creator of the Immeasurable Universe), K. 619 (1791)
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Kleine Freimaurer-Kantate (The Little Masonic Cantata) entitled Laut verkünde unser Freude (Loudly proclaim our Joy), for soloists, male chorus, and orchestra, K. 623, premiered under the composer's direction 18 November 1791.
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Die Zauberflute (The Magic Flute) opera, K. 620, composed in 1791
Several of these pieces can be heard by clicking here.
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