Dante Symphony

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The Dante Symphony is a programmatic orchestral and choral work by Franz Liszt inspired by Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, particularly the Inferno and Purgatorio sections.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral work
programmatic composition
symphony
basedOnWorkBy Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED
catalogueNumber S109
completedIn 1856
composer Franz Liszt NERFINISHED
compositionPeriod 1840s–1850s
dedicatedTo Richard Wagner NERFINISHED
depicts Hell NERFINISHED
Purgatory NERFINISHED
finalSectionTitle Magnificat NERFINISHED
genre program symphony
hasPart Inferno movement NERFINISHED
Magnificat NERFINISHED
Purgatorio movement NERFINISHED
influencedBy Romantic program music aesthetics
inspiredBy Divine Comedy NERFINISHED
Inferno NERFINISHED
Purgatorio NERFINISHED
key D minor
language Italian
Latin
literarySource La Divina Commedia NERFINISHED
movementTitle Inferno NERFINISHED
Purgatorio NERFINISHED
notableFeature use of chorus only in final section
use of chromaticism to depict Inferno
numberOfMovements 2
opusNumber S.109 NERFINISHED
originalPlanIncluded Paradiso movement
ParadisoMovementStatus not composed as full movement
ParadisoRepresentation suggested by Magnificat
placeInComposerOutput major symphonic work of Liszt's Weimar period
premiereConductor Franz Liszt NERFINISHED
premiereDate 7 November 1857
premiereLocation Dresden NERFINISHED
relatedWorkByComposer Faust Symphony NERFINISHED
scoredFor harp
orchestra
organ
solo soprano
women's chorus
structure two large movements with concluding Magnificat
subjectMatter afterlife journey in the Divine Comedy
thematicMaterial motivic transformation characteristic of Liszt

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Franz Liszt notableWork Dante Symphony