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Why music?

Classical

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Have any of us heard (or better, performed in a lodge) the ritual music written by Jean Sibelius? I am a devotee of his music but have not heard those pieces. I don't know if Sibelius was active in a lodge, but he was a Freemason. Near the end of his life, even in his silence from composing, he composed a set of pieces to go with parts of the ritual. Are any of you familiar with them?
 

MaineMason

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Have any of us heard (or better, performed in a lodge) the ritual music written by Jean Sibelius? I am a devotee of his music but have not heard those pieces. I don't know if Sibelius was active in a lodge, but he was a Freemason. Near the end of his life, even in his silence from composing, he composed a set of pieces to go with parts of the ritual. Are any of you familiar with them?
I know that he wrote them, and intend to make myself familiar with his Masonic works if I can find them. I do, as incoming Lodge Organist, intend to use some arrangements of Bro. Sibelius' works for use in Lodge as well as those of Mozart and Haydn--also Freemasons as I am sure you know--and also original works of mine written or improvised for the occasion.
 
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