Author: Jacques ChailleyPublisher: Orion
ISBN:
Category : Opera
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The Magic Flute, Masonic Opera
Author: Jacques ChailleyPublisher: Orion
ISBN:
Category : Opera
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The Magic Flute, Masonic Opera
Author: Jacques ChailleyPublisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Magic Flute Unveiled
Author: Jacques ChailleyPublisher: Inner Traditions
ISBN: 9780892813582
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Chailley, a professor of music history at the Sorbonne, reveals the coherence of the opera and the hidden significance of its characters and situations. The author relates each of these elements to the esoteric tradition from which they emanate and to Mozart's own involvement with the Masonic brotherhood.
The Magic Flute
Author: The Magic Flute, Masonic Opera
Author: Jacques ChailleyThe magic flute unveiled: esoteric symbolism in Mozart's Masonic opera: an interpretation of the libretto and the music
Author: Jacques ChailleyMozart the Freemason
Author: Jacques HenryPublisher: Inner Traditions
ISBN: 9781594771286
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
An exploration of Mozart’s strong ties to Freemasonry and how its principles profoundly shaped his musical work • Reveals how Mozart structured his music on Masonic ritual and ceremony to provide a musical lexicon of Masonic symbols • Shows that Freemasonry plays the same role in Mozart’s work as Lutheran Christianity plays in that of Bach Thanks to recently discovered documents, we now have a fuller picture of the esoteric influences on the life and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Musicologist Jacques Henry shows that the Masonic influence on Mozart goes beyond those pieces, such as The Magic Flute, that fulfilled a ritual purpose for the composer. His works actually provide a complete musical lexicon of Masonic symbols inspired by the principles of the craft and the spirit of the Masonic quest. Mozart constructed his Masonic compositions by creating auditory correspondences to the symbols present in the rituals, choosing keys and tempos that transpose their content into harmony. His understanding of the use of symbol allowed him to create music that would lead the listener into a harmony that transcended earthly existence. A number of musicologists believe that the place of the Masonic spiritual vision in Mozart’s work is comparable to that held by Lutheran Christianity in the work of Johann Sebastian Bach. Mozart wed his deep understanding of music to the esoteric wisdom he gained as a Freemason. He shows that when we lose ourselves in the expression of pure harmony, it is the same as the symbol being lost in what it symbolizes. Jacques Henry provides a rigorous and original analysis of Mozart’s works that reveals their inner meaning as shaped by the composer’s profound embrace of the spiritual principles of Freemasonry.
Mozart's The Magic Flute
Author: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartPublisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
ISBN: 0977145506
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to Mozart's THE MAGIC FLUTE, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with German/English translation side-by side, and over 30 music highlight examples.
The Magic Flute
Author: Publisher: Opera Journeys Publishing
ISBN: 1930841132
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
The Magic Flute
Author: Tjeu van den BerkPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004496548
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
This volume demonstrates for the first time that Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte is an enactment of the alchemical opus magnum, in the form of a chemical wedding. Towards the end of the 18th century, alchemy was still a prominent mystical current within the Order of Freemasons of which Mozart and his librettists were members. The central part focuses on the opera's alchemical structure, whereas the historical and mythological backgrounds are also dealt with extensively. The book comes with 3 CD's offering a rendition of the integral opera, in contrast to the common practice of leaving out major parts of the libretto. The Magic Flute is a fascinating journey of discovery, an initiation into Initiation. With complete original libretto and over 100 pictures.