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    Who was the inspiration for Mozart's "The Magic Flute"?

    Question #48045. Asked by peasypod. (Jun 02 04 6:04 AM)


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    		Count Alessandro di Cagliostro

    Jun 02 04, 6:57 AM
    myrab51

    		The Magic Flute is noted for its prominent Masonic elements; both Schikaneder and Mozart were Masons and lodge brothers. The opera is also influenced by Enlightenment philosophy, and can be regarded as an allegory espousing enlightened absolutism.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Flute

    Count Alessandro di Cagliostro was a muse to William Blake and the inspiration for Mozart's The Magic Flute and Goethe's Faust.
    http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=2-0060006900-2

    Dec 04 07, 2:38 PM

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