Kleine Freimaurer-Kantate
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The Kleine Freimaurer-Kantate, K. 623, also called "Laut verkünde unsre Freude" after its opening words, is a cantata by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Finished in 1791 shortly before his death, it is the f
A Masonic lodge meeting of Mozart's day, once thought to portray Mozart's own lodge. According to Waldoff (2018:53), it depicts a large hall in the home of Baron Moser where two of the Viennese Masonic lodges held their meetings (it is not the venue where this cantata was premiered). The blindfolded man at center is an initiate, and most of the members are wearing their blue and red Masonic aprons. Oil painting, 1789, Vienna Museum.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a Classical composer and musician. He completed more than 800 works in his life—including outstanding examples of most of the genres of his time: symphonies, concertos, cha
Kleine Freimaurer-Kantate
…K. 623 (Little Masonic Cantata), also called "Laut verkünde unsre Freude" ("Proclaim our Joy Aloud") after its opening words, is a cantata by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Finished in 1791 shortly before his death, it is the final work he completed. A Mozart biographer claimed the Cantata may have been well-received in…
Detail from Portrait of the Mozart Family, c. 1781
Mozart's birthplace at Getreidegasse 9, Salzburg
Mozart family on tour: Leopold, Wolfgang, Nannerl; watercolour by Carmontelle, c. 1763
Mozart aged 14 in January 1770 (School of Verona, attributed to Giambettino Cignaroli)