‎ANDRE, JOHANN ANTON.‎
‎XXIV Maurer-Gesænge mit Begleitung des Piano-Forte zum Gebrauche der Socrates zur Standhaftigkeit, etc.‎

‎(No place, nor printer), 5809 (1809). 4to. In the original blue boards housed in the original slipcase. Spine with wear and with some loss of paper. Slipcase with scratches and spine-ends with loss of paper. Internally with light occassional brownpostting, printed on good paper. 59 pp. First 3 pp. being title-page and content, the remaining 56 pp. being music scores with lyrics. ‎

Reference : 63072

‎Exceedingly rare collection of Masonic songs composed for lodge use, issued for the Lodge “Socrates zur Standhaftigkeit”. The songs, set for voice with piano accompaniment, were intended for performance at lodge meetings and parties.We have only been able to trace one copy in the trade. The lodge “Socrates zur Standhaftigkeit” was founded in 1801 under a patent from the Berlin “Grossloge Royal York zur Freundschaft“. In 1811, it affiliated with the Frankfurt’s “Grossen Mutterloge des Eklektischen Freimaurerbundes“, of which it remained one of the leading lodges until it ceased its activities in 1934. Wolfsteig 39922.‎