Kleine Freimaurer-Kantate
cantata composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Kleine Freimaurer-Kantate, K. 623 (Little Masonic Cantata), also called "Laut verkünde unsre Freude" ("Proclaim our Joy Aloud") after its opening words, is a cantata by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Finished in 1791 shortly before his death, it is the final work he completed.
A Mozart biographer claimed the Cantata may have been well-received in its premiere, making Mozart happy. However, the premiere may have contributed to the illness that led to Mozart's death. Despite not being the most popular of his works, multiple versions and recordings of the Cantata have been published.
The Cantata has 6 movements for male voices accompanied by an orchestra. It was written for the dedication of a Masonic temple. The author of the lyrics is not known with certainty.
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The work was written in Vienna where Mozart had lived since 1781 and is the last he ever completed. He recorded it as finished in his personal catalogue on 15 November 1791, twenty days before his death.
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