That is a very useful link for traditional lodges. A lot of the younger generation of masons don't like singing hymns although the hymns on the like are very appropriate. There's plenty of recorded music that would be very appropriate from composers such as: Hildegard, John Rutter, John Tavener, Arvo Part and Philip Glass.
Distant peaks emerge....clear as day. The hermit's lantern turns to guide the way. Hermit's Way - F. J. Rogers
I was listening to Hildegard some days ago and thought about the censing of the lodge. The Sacred Fire would be a good choice for this part of the ceremony before the opening.
Distant peaks emerge....clear as day. The hermit's lantern turns to guide the way. Hermit's Way - F. J. Rogers
It's great to have one or two musicians in a lodge. It can be hard to find good organists or singers or instrumentalists with a large repertoire. Music can be used for many things including PoA's, meditations, censing and of course at the appropriate points throughout ceremonies. Life would get very dull without it.
Distant peaks emerge....clear as day. The hermit's lantern turns to guide the way. Hermit's Way - F. J. Rogers
Here is Mozart's Masonic funeral music. It is quite moving, starting with what could be a slow march by coffin bearers, and progressively becoming subtly joyful.
A similar but more complex structure can found in Beethoven's 3rd Symphony with the funeral march in the 2nd movement.
Note the dead hero moves progressively above the funeral cortege as the spiritual parts separate from the physical. First there is a crisis for etheric body to separate, then more detachment followed by the emotional separation, then more detachment and the crisis of the mental separation. Finally the hero floats free of the three worlds (physical, emotional and mental)
Here is Furtwangler - probably in 1944 when I compare recording sounds and lengths. Thus there is a little time bubble accessible for those interested in the German psyche when the war was being lost.