Mozart the Freemason

Brother Bill Y's son sent him the following e-mail

The library just got a book you might be interested in called:
"Mozart the Freemason" by Jacques Henry (artistic director of the
annual Mozart festival in France)

Here's what it says about the book:

Thanks to recently discovered documents, we now have a fuller picture of the profound influence that Freemasonry had on the life and work of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Musicologist Jacques Henry shows that the Masonic influence on Mozart's work goes beyond pieces, such as The Magic Flute, that were overtly Masonic or 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.

So I went to Amazon and ordered the book and a CD of Mozarts Masonic Music. I am looking forward to reading and listening to them.