The Style Specificity of Masonic Cantatas of W. A. Mozart

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Marina V. Monakhova

Abstract

The article defines criteria to qualify Mozart’s certain works as Masonic. Observations by a series of foreign and Russian researchers (Paul Nettl, Katharine Thomson, Valentina Shirokova, Yevghenia Chigaryova) over the stylistic specificity and the senseforming algorithms in Mozart’s later works are summarized, thus a method of analyzing the Masonic opuses has been worded on this basis. A practical use of the method is demonstrated on the material of Mozart’s Masonic cantatas.

Keywords: W. A. Mozart, musical style, masonry, cantatas

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Monakhova, M. V. (2012). The Style Specificity of Masonic Cantatas of W. A. Mozart. Music Scholarship / Problemy Muzykal’noj Nauki, 10(1), 129–135. Retrieved from https://musicscholar.ru/index.php/PMN/article/view/419
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History of Western Music