Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
1969
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Wayne S. Hertz
Second Committee Member
Joseph S. Haruda
Third Committee Member
Maurice L. Pettit
Abstract
There is considerable evidence to indicate that the Fraternity of Freemasonry exerted creative impulses to some of the music of Wolfgang Mozart, subsequent to 1784. This study shows that Mozart, by virtue of his membership in the Order, was sufficiently impressed with benevolences and spiritual teachings of Freemasonry to symbolically reflect the ritual of the Order in an artistic manner. To support this contention a review of Freemasonry in the Eighteenth Century, an analysis of Mozart's association with Masonry, an inquiry into the relation of Freemasonry and the existing religious order, and an overview of Mozart's Masonic compositions are presented.
Recommended Citation
Mitchell, Lloyd Earl, "The Influence of Freemasonry on Some of the Music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" (1969). All Master's Theses. 1257.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/1257
Language
English