tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post8521608334177933679..comments2024-03-27T23:45:06.093+01:00Comments on Renewable Music: Need a Venue? Learn the secret handshake...Daniel Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-14697001963620430372011-08-17T17:48:20.227+02:002011-08-17T17:48:20.227+02:00If you count yourself as a believer, the church of...If you count yourself as a believer, the church offers an opportunity to have your work sung on a regular basis.<br /><br />I write for our sanctuary choir and typically have 4 or 6 pieces sung per year. Our lectionary texts - gospel, epistles, psalms - offer plenty of material to work with and, when done right, an original musical piece adds to the sermon message and the service generally. And it is all squarely in the tradition of Bach and most of the baroque masters.<br /><br />A very rewarding way to give your gift if you are so inclined... And some of the larger churches offer full time paying positions as organist/choir director.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-32166128779369710182011-08-17T04:28:14.523+02:002011-08-17T04:28:14.523+02:00Mozart might have been first interested in Freemas...Mozart might have been first interested in Freemasonry as early as 1773 when he visited the Freemason Dr. Mesmer (yes, that Mesmer--the Mesmerizer) but he did not apply for membership in the Viennese lodge “Zu Wohltätigkeit” until December 4, 1784. He reached the level of apprentice on December 14th. <br /><br />Ten days after reading the first three “Haydn” quartets with Mozart, Haydn applied for membership in another Viennese masonic lodge “Zur wahren Eintracht.” Mozart’s A major quartet marked his assent to the level of “Journeyman” at “Zur wahren Eintracht,” and it was during the weeks of Haydn’s initiation there that Mozart completed the rest of his “Haydn” quartets.Elaine Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.com