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'''"{{lang|de|Abendempfindung}}"''', also known by its dedication, ''"Abendempfindung, an Laura"'', is a song by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] to a poem by [[Joachim Heinrich Campe]]. A premonition of the protagonist's own death it still ends on a serene note: the fond memories of the friends who remain to grieve are presented as a font of consolation.<p> | '''"{{lang|de|Abendempfindung}}"''', also known by its dedication, ''"Abendempfindung, an Laura"'', is a song by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] to a poem by [[Joachim Heinrich Campe]]. A premonition of the protagonist's own death it still ends on a serene note: the fond memories of the friends who remain to grieve are presented as a font of consolation.<p> | ||
According to some scholars<ref name="Freemasons"/>, the symbolism is deeply Freemason; the poet Campe is also said to have belonged to this exclusive circle. Also, the publication coincides with the last letter to Wolfgang's father Leopold Mozart that transports a similar sentiment.<ref name="Brief"/> | |||
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The dedication "To Laura" – once probably mis-spelt as "to Lana"<ref name="Laura"/>, has little if nothing to do with Mozart. | |||
It appears on the following album: | It appears on the following album: | ||
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{{cite web | |||
|url=https://www.br-klassik.de/themen/klassik-entdecken/mozarts-letzter-brief-an-vater-leopold-was-heute-geschah-1787-100.html | |||
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314114416/https://www.br-klassik.de/themen/klassik-entdecken/mozarts-letzter-brief-an-vater-leopold-was-heute-geschah-1787-100.html | |||
|title=Mozarts letzter Brief an Vater Leopold | |||
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|website=Bayerischer Rundfunk | |||
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|archive-date={{date|2021-10-10|DMY}} | |||
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<ref name="Laura"> | |||
{{cite web | |||
|url=https://www.bl.uk/eblj/2006articles/article9.html | |||
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814021113/http://www.bl.uk/eblj/2006articles/pdf/article9.pdf | |||
|title=Who was Mozart’s Laura? Abendempfindung and the Editors | |||
|last=Paisey | |||
|first=David | |||
|date=2006 | |||
|website=British Library | |||
|publisher=British Library Journal | |||
|access-date={{date|2021-10-10|DMY}} | |||
|archive-date={{date|2021-10-10|DMY}} | |||
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<ref name="Freemasons"> | |||
{{cite web | |||
|url=https://freimaurerei.de/vom-eigenen-tod-eine-maurerische-betrachtung-zur-trauerloge/ | |||
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011235158/https://freimaurerei.de/vom-eigenen-tod-eine-maurerische-betrachtung-zur-trauerloge/ | |||
|title=Vom eigenen Tod – eine maurerische Betrachtung zur Trauerloge | |||
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|website=Großloge der Alten Freien und Angenommenen Maurer von Deutschland (A.F.u.A.M.v.D.) | |||
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|access-date={{date|2021-10-10|DMY}} | |access-date={{date|2021-10-10|DMY}} |