The basset horn parts were written for fellow Freemasons Anton David and Vincent Springer. The work is scored for 2 oboes, 1 clarinet, 3 basset horns, 1 contrabassoon, 2 horns and strings. The work uses the Gregorian chant psalm-tone, tonus peregrinus. It was performed during a Masonic funeral service held on 17 November 1785 in memory of two of Mozart's Masonic brethren, Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Count Franz Esterházy von Galántha, members of the Viennese aristocracy. Mozart's own entry into his catalogue under the heading "July 1785" may be an error he most likely forgot to enter a new heading for November. The autograph manuscript of the work is preserved in the Berlin State Library. 479a), is an orchestral work composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1785 in his capacity as a member of the Freemasons. The Maurerische Trauermusik ( Masonic Funeral Music) in C minor, K.
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