Liszt - Dante Symphony - 1. Inferno (3/3)

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Eine Symphonie zu Dantes "Divina Commedia" (S.109)
I - Inferno (3/3)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Liszt
• Dante
• Divina
• Commedia
• Symphony
• Inferno
• Purgatorio
• Magnificat

[dzezdobrze]

Divine Comedy is one of the greatest works in world literature. It's great but hard to read.

[maxi937]

I shall read it!

[matthew1722]

@horus0987 Dante didn't write the music, he inspired Liszt to do so.

[aNelixir]

this is the best part of the symphonia Liszt was a genius like no other unique and inspired.thaks for posting that

[horus0987]

@MrTheMotive You mean what was Dante thinking when he wrote it.



[MrTheMotive]

What was Liszt thinking when he wrote this? Was Virgil really Liszt traveling with Dante? :O

[rezitatorin]

Thanks a lot for uploading. This is absolutely great.

[TRIAM1D]

@PaperadiGomma123 I have read all three parts of the Divine Comedy, I know what it is. I was talking about the fact that the Roman Catholic church deemed this a holy work of music, despite the fact that the tritone interval was banned by the church only a few hundred years before...

[PaperadiGomma123]

@TRIAM1D No, it was just a poem written by Dante Alighieri. The "Inferno" in particular it's wonderful, but it's practically impossibile even for italians like me to understand it. :)

[sartanko]

@dzezdobrze

It's hard like hell to read....

Get it?

[iwieldthetool]

this song reminds me of the battle between prince philip and maleficent in sleeping beauty

[mvybiral]

If you haven't read the Divine Comedy, I'd highly recommend it...

John Ciardi's translation is very readable, too.

I love the return of the descent theme...the turmoil is immediately apparent.