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Men At Arms: Mozart’s Masonry and Music-Politics, In Light of Erik Levi’s Mozart And The Nazis
In re: Erik Levi. Mozart and the Nazis: How the Third Reich Abused a Cultural Icon New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010. By Peter Paul Fuchs “Macht gute miene, zum boesen spiel.” -- old German aside Mozart’s fate after death is surely an odd one, if one takes political history and not just musical accomplishment
OPERA’S LIBRETTO
Like a stage play or a movie, an opera starts with words — thousands of words. An opera’s words are called its libretto, whereas, in a stage play, the words are called the script, and in a movie they’re called the screenplay. Libretto means “little book” in Italian, and that’s precisely what it is; your average libretto is scarcely thicker than a TV
FRATERNITY IN CONCERT
It is my pleasure and honor to present the event FRATERNITY IN CONCERT, which will be presented on November 10, 2016 in Florianópolis - State of Santa Catarina - south of Brazil, and will be marked by a musical presentation involving four important Brazilian Artists, among them the international extraordinary talented pianist and brother Alexandre Dietrich. All the
New Documentary about the Festival Apollo in Brazil
Dear Brethren and Friends of the Masonic Arts, please enjoy the moments from the First World Festival of Masonic Arts in Brasilia, Brazil at: https://youtu.be/naNKhd766Ms
Apollon musagète
Apollo (originally Apollon musagète and variously known as Apollo musagetes, Apolo Musageta, and Apollo, Leader of the Muses) is a ballet in two tableaux composed between 1927 and 1928 by Igor Stravinsky. It was choreographed in 1928 by balletmaster George Balanchine, with the composer contributing the libretto. The scenery and costumes were designed by André Bauchant, with new costumes by Coco Chanel in 1929. The scenery was executed by Alexander
A Masonic View of the “Musical Offering”
by Janos Cegledy, P.M. Sinim Lodge, Tokyo Research Lodge of the Grand Lodge of Japan I shall start this lecture with a sheer speculation. In 1736, the aged Bach (1685-1750) visited the court of Frederick the Great (1712-1786), king of Prussia, at the repeated behest of the monarch. The king was not only one of