A History of Mozart in a Dozen Objects - Object 9: A Masonic periodical published in Vienna in the 1780s

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In this episode Cliff Eisen explores Mozart's Masonic links in Vienna, and the relationship between the Masons and Emperor Joseph II. The object, a Masonic Journal from the 1780s, gives clues about some of the pieces with Masonic symbols that Mozart wrote, like the Magic Flute, and works he composed for Masonic Lodges.

Published on Monday, 10th January 2011.

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