Dante Symphony

A symphony based on Dante's Divina Commedia - Dante Symphony or Dante Symphony for short - was composed by Franz Liszt . It is inspired by Dante Alighieri's verse epic Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy ) and premiered in 1857 .

structure

The work consists of two movements :

• inferno
• Purgatorio → Magnificat

Due to its programmatic reference, the Dante symphony can also be described as a symphonic poem with choir (only female and male voices).

literature

• David Anthony Yeagley: Franz Liszt's “Dante Sonata”: The origins, the criticism, a selective musical analysis, and commentary. University of Arizona , Tucson 1994. Abstract of the dissertation online.
• Matthias Krautkrämer: Progress as a principle. Liszt's work using the example of the Dante symphony. Turnshare, London 2007. ISBN 978-1847900098

Web links

• Dante Symphony, arrangement for 2 pianos (Liszt, p. 648) : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
• Score of the Dante Symphony , ed. v. Otto Taubmann , Leipzig 1921 (as part of the Franz Liszt Foundation's edition of works )