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Nineteen days before his death on December 5th, 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his last complete work, the "Freimaurerkantate", KV 623. In parts of the edition of this cantata there appeared the "Chain Song", KV 623a. To this melody the Austrian National Anthem is sung. According to leading musicologists in Vienna, this tune was ''not'' written by Mozart, but by Johann Holzer , a Freemason Brother of his, and composer of many songs. The lyrics were written by the Austrian writer Paula Von Preradovic . On October 22 , 1946 it was declared Austria's official national anthem. In 2005 , Women's Minister Maria Rauch-Kallat stated her objection to the words 'sons', 'fraternal' and 'Fatherland' in the lyrics, and has proposed changes. {Link without Title} , however this was quickly dismissed as a newsitem in times of little other news. LYRICS AND TRANSLATION EXTERNAL LINKS
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