Songs Used in the MM Degree
The information on this chart comes from various sources. If anyone has definite information for additions or changes on this chart, please send email to Paul M. Bessel so I can update this chart.
United States
|
State |
Songs Used in the MM Degree |
|---|---|
| Alabama | Nearer My God to Thee & Funeral Dirge (some areas also use Pleyel’s Hymn) |
| Alaska | Pleyel’s Hymn |
| Arizona | Pleyel’s Hymn |
| Arkansas | |
| California | Pleyel’s Hymn |
| Colorado | From an email message: Pleyal’s is required in the ritual with seven verses. Additional music may be used in any of the degrees, with two limitations. First, none of the ritual may be sung…which wipes out singing the Scripture from Amos, for example…and second, the music must be approved by the Custodians of the Work, generally through the District Lecturer. The Grand Lodge of Colorado has prepared a CD with appropriate music. |
| Connecticut | Pleyel’s Hymn commonly used, but no music is specified in the ritual |
| District of Columbia | |
| Delaware | |
| Florida | Nearer My God to Thee & Pleyel’s Hymn |
| Georgia | No music in most lodges |
| Hawaii | |
| Idaho | |
| Illinois | Pleyel’s Hymn |
| Indiana | Pleyel’s Hymn |
| Iowa | Pleyel’s Hymn |
| Kansas | |
| Kentucky | |
| Louisiana | |
| Maine | |
| Maryland | |
| Massachusetts | No mandatory music. Organist chooses music. Or Pleyel’s Hymn, only. No other music prescribed. |
| Michigan | |
| Minnesota | Pleyel’s Hymn (Nearer My God to Thee has explicityly Christian words) |
| Mississippi | |
| Missouri | Nearer My God to Thee & Pleyel’s Hymn |
| Montana | Pleyel’s Hymn or funeral dirge |
| Nebraska | |
| Nevada | |
| New Hampshire | Pleyel’s Hymn |
| New Jersey | Pleyel’s Hymn |
| New Mexico | |
| New York | Neither. Music only for Middle Chamber section of FC, optional on EA and MM degrees |
| North Carolina | |
| North Dakota | |
| Ohio | Pleyel’s Hymn |
| Oklahoma | Both |
| Oregon | Pleyel’s Hymn |
| Pennsylvania | No hymns |
| Rhode Island | Pleyel’s Hymn |
| South Carolina | Both |
| South Dakota | |
| Tennessee | |
| Texas | Neither |
| Utah | |
| Vermont | |
| Virginia | |
| Washington | |
| West Virginia | 2 verses of Pleyel’s hymn |
| Wisconsin | Neither |
| Wyoming |
Other than the United States
| England | No |
| Scotland | Varies from lodge to lodge |
| Israel | No songs |
| Brazil | No |
| British Columbia, Canada | Dead March in Saul |
| Ontario, Canada | No 2nd section of MM degree |