Editing The Magic Flute (section)

===Overture===
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The overture, composed after the other parts of the opera were complete, begins with a solemn three-chord sequence from the brass, associated with the Priests of the Temple of Wisdom. (The number three is highly significant in [[Freemasonry]] and recurs as the number of ladies, boys and temples.)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lifeforcearts.org/mozarts-magic-flute-magick-and-masonry/ |title=Mozart's Magic Flute, Magick and Masonry |last=DuQuette |first=Lon Milo |date=January 30, 2013 |website=Life Force Arts |publisher= |access-date=November 5, 2023 |quote=}}</ref> It transitions in an [[adagio (music)|adagio]] to a lively [[fugue]]<ref>[http://m.kennedy-center.org/home/program/5201?_ga=1.51535081.1573597235.1454471661 "The Magic Flute Overture"], [[Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]]. Retrieved 2 February 2016. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006040600/http://m.kennedy-center.org/home/program/5201?_ga=1.51535081.1573597235.1454471661 |date=6 October 2016 }}</ref> in E-flat major. Halfway through, there is a false ending. After another three-chord brass sequence, the fugue resumes in E-flat minor, returning to E-flat major.