Mozart and Freemasonry and Gazzaniga's "La Circe", operas that have no connection with Freemasonry The following is a list of surviving works that Mozart composed for performance at gatherings of Masons. The story and music of his opera "The Magic Flute" is also considered to have strong Masonic influences. The following is a partial list of family members, patrons, and colleagues who were Masons. Mozart's grandfather Johann Georg, a bookbinder, was raised among the extended Mozart family in Augsburg, in the house of Johann's own grandfather David Mozart. David and his children were distinguished architects and master "operative" (craft) masons of the Augsburg
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Prague had allegedly rejected it. Mozart arrived on 28 August 1791 and left in the third week of September. The opera received its first performance on 6 September 1791. Unlike the first two visits, Mozart was not the center of attention on his last visit. Rather, his activities were much overshadowed by the ceremonies of the Imperial court. The grief exhibited for Mozart in Prague after his death on 5 December 1791 far exceeded that witnessed in any other European city. Daniel E. Freeman has pointed out that whereas Mozart (one of history's greatest musicians) was laid to rest in Vienna