Maurerische Trauermusik

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The first page of Mozart's manuscript

The Script error: No such module "Lang". (Masonic Funeral Music) in C minor, K. 477 (K. 479a), is an orchestral work composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1785[1] in his capacity as a member of the Freemasons.

The autograph manuscript of the work is preserved in the Berlin State Library.

History

Mozart's own entry into his catalogue under the heading "July 1785" may be an error; he most likely forgot to enter a new heading for November.[2] It was performed during a Masonic funeral service held on 17 November 1785 in memory of two of Mozart's Masonic brethren,[3] Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Count Franz Esterházy von Galántha,[4] members of the Viennese aristocracy.

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Mozart, c. 1785

The work uses the Gregorian chant psalm-tone, Script error: No such module "Lang"..Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The work is scored for 2 oboes, 1 soprano clarinet, 3 basset horns, 1 contrabassoon, 2 horns and strings.[5] The basset horn parts were written for fellow Freemasons Anton David and Vincent Springer.[1]

On 20 November 2021 a new arrangement by Giulio Castronovo, created to match the orchestration of Mozart's Requiem in D minor, K. 626, (2 basset horns in F, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets in D, 3 trombones, timpani and strings[6]), was premiered in the Template:Ill by the baroque orchestra La Banda conducted by Sebastian Ruf as an introduction to a performance of the Requiem.[7]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

See also

References

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  7. "Mozart Requiem", Schlosskirchenmusik Bayreuth, November 2021 (in German)

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Further reading

  • Konrad, Ulrich (2020). "Fragen zur Maurerischen Trauermusik KV 477", Mozart Studien 27, pp. 155–176.
  • W. A. Mozart: Maurerische Trauermusik KV 477 (479a). Originale Besetzung (Mozart), Spätere Besetzung (Mozart), Postume Doppelbesetzung. Kritische Ausgabe, ed. Konrad, Ulrich (2024) Kassel: Bärenreiter (BA 9189).

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