Beskrivelse
Contents: Preface — 1. Freemasonry in the eighteenth century — 2. Family background and early years — 3. Thamos, King of Egypt — 4. Struggle for emancipation — 5. Masonic ideas about music — 6. Open rebellion — 7. Masonic influences — 8. Music of 1782-4 — 9. Mozart and the Brotherhood — 10. String quartet and piano concerto — 11. The Marriage of Figaro — 12. Music in the year of Figaro — 13. Friendship, love and death — 14. Struggle against black thoughts — 15. Years of crisis — 16. New hope — 17. The Magic Flute — 18. Swan-song — Appendix I: Melodrama in Thamos — Appendix II: Letter from Meggenhofen to Weishaupt — Appendix III: Synopsis of The Magic Flute.
