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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