Masonic music
(may-SOH-nik MYOO-zik)
[Eng.]
Music used in connection with the functions of the freemasons. Hymn singing was often a part of masonic functions, and masonic hymnals and cantatas have been published. Composers who were masons include Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Liszt and others.
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