#Masonic sheet music pdf manual#
the Masonic Manual of Minnesota and the by-laws of his Lodge. įrench composer André Gedalge wrote the anthem for the International Order of Freemasonry Le Droit Humain, with lyrics by his wife Amélie André-Gedalge, who was initiated at Lodge No. It could be a song fest a panel discussion a social hour. Among them are the Jenkins Music Company Building, 1217 Walnut (a National. Anthems and other works for use in masonic lodges were written by, amongst others, in the 18th century William Boyce, in the 19th century Albert Lortzing, and in the 20th century Jean Sibelius. Continuation sheet Ivanhoe Masonic Temple. Music especially composed for masonic rituals began to be published in the 18th century, including music written by Georg Benda, Ignaz Pleyel, François-André Danican Philidor, Johann Gottlieb Naumann and Christian Gottlob Neefe. This is a rare and unique collection of Masonic sheet music, most of which is no longer in print and unavailable, in its entirety, from any other source. The music is not available as individual sheets.
#Masonic sheet music pdf pdf#
28 pieces of sheet music are included in this 72 page pdf document (A4). Send it to me, I am going to replace it and you won't be sorry." Wegeler himself published two masonic texts suggesting melodies of Beethoven (the Opferlied WoO 126 and the song Der freie Mann WoO 117) which could be used for them. The Music arranged, by Brother Benjamin Carr. For example, in 1810, Ludwig van Beethoven, who is not documented as a mason, wrote to his friend the doctor Franz Wegeler: "I was told you were singing a song of mine in the Masonic Lodge. Lodges sometimes used the music of other composers for their proceedings (with or without permission) often adding different words. Mozart's opera The Magic Flute and his incidental music to Thamos, King of Egypt also have masonic connections. It includes the Maurerische Trauermusik (Masonic Funeral Music) and a number of songs and cantatas. The music written for masonic use by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is among the best-known of its kind. Because the number 3 and the letter 'B' are of particular significance to freemasonry, music written in the keys of C minor or E flat major, which both involve 3 flats, (whose symbol '♭' resembles the lowercase letter 'b'), in their key signatures has been considered especially appropriate for masonic ceremonial music. Two major types of music used in masonic lodges are lodge songs, played to keyboard accompaniment before or after meetings, or during meals and music written to accompany specific masonic ceremonies and events.
Masonic music has been defined as "music used in connection with the ritual and social functions of freemasonry". The first page of Mozart's manuscript for his Maurerische Trauermusik (Masonic Funeral Music) KV 479 ( Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin)