18th-century stage works, such as Traetta's Armida and Gazzaniga's La Circe, operas that have no connection with Freemasonry. List of Mozart's Masonic compositions The following is a list of surviving works that Mozart composed for performance at gatherings of Masons. Song, Lobegesang auf die feierliche Johannisloge: "O heiliges Band der Freundschaft treuer Brüder" (O sacred bond of friendship between true brothers), K 148/125h, (1772) Cantata "Dir, Seele des Weltalls", K. 429/468a (fragment, completed by M. Stadler) (1783) Song, "Lied zur Gesellenreise: Die ihr einem neuen Grad," K. 468, "for use at installation of new journeymen" (1785) Cantata for tenor, male chorus, and orchestra Die Maurerfreude ("The Mason's Joy") K. 471 (1785) The Masonic Funeral Music (Maurerische Trauermusik), K. 477/479a (1785), which was composed for an actual Masonic funeral Two songs for tenor and organ used for the opening and closing ceremonies of the lodge in Austria "Zur Neugekrönten Hoffnung": Zur Eröffnung der Freimaurerloge: "Zerfließet Heut, Geliebter Brüder", K. 483 (1786) Zum Schluß der Freimaurerloge: "Ihr Unsre Neuen Leiter", K. 484 (1786) The Little German Cantata (Kleine Deutsche Kantate) entitled Die ihr die unermesslichen Weltalls Schöpfer ehrt, for tenor and piano, for use at meetings of the "Colony of the Friends of Nature," K. 619 (1791) The Little Masonic Cantata (Kleine Freimaurer-Kantate) entitled Laut verkünde unsre Freude, for soloists, male chorus, and orchestra, K. 623 (1791) Song, "Laßt uns mit geschlungen Händen," K. 623a, ("for the close of the lodge" and intended final chorus to K. 623) (1791; attribution uncertain) The story and music of his opera The Magic Flute is also considered to have strong Masonic influences. List of fellow Masons The following is a partial list of family members, patrons, and colleagues who were Masons. Joseph Haydn – friend and colleague (attended only one meeting) Joseph Lange – brother-in-law of Mozart's wife Prince Lichnowsky – friend and patron Leopold Mozart – father Michael von Puchberg – friend and lender of money Gottfried van Swieten – patron Angelo Soliman – Royal Servant and Masonic Leader Anton Stadler – friend and colleague (clarinetist) Otto Heinrich von Gemmingen-Hornberg – friend, brother and founder of Wohltätigkeit (Charity) Lodge Emanuel Schikaneder – Librettist of The Magic Flute 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