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Franz Liszt, “Dante Symphony” (1847-57)

January 26, 2008 By Professor Arielle Saiber

franz-liszt-dante-symphony-1847-1857“The Dante Symphony, by Franz Liszt, was written in two movements: Inferno, and Purgatorio – Magnificat. Liszt was told that he shouldn’t attempt to write a movement for Paradiso, as this was a hopeless venture. Nobody can put true heaven into a song.”    –Kevin Williams, January 26, 2008

Contributed by Kevin Williams (Luther College, ’11)

Categories: Music
Tagged with: 1847, Classical, Hungary, Inferno, Purgatorio, Symphonies

Giacomo Puccini, “Gianni Schicchi” (1918)

May 15, 2007 By Professor Arielle Saiber

giacomo-puccini-gianni-schicchiFrom the last scene in Gianni Schicchi, one of Puccini’s three operas comprising Il Trittico, recently performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. “Seeing the two lovers, he (Gianni Schicchi) is moved. He smiles, takes off his hat, and turns to address the audience in a spoken epilogue: ‘Tell me, gentlemen, if Buoso’s wealth could have gone to better ends than this? For this prank, I have been condemned to the Inferno, and so be it; but with all due respect to the great father Dante, if you have been amused, grant me extenuating circumstances!’ He makes a motion of applause and bows to the audience.'”    —Stanford

The other two operas in Il Trittico also have Divine Comedy themes: “Puccini’s last operas abandon realism. The Trittico rebuilds the old vertical, spiritual theater, encompassing all the gradations of nature. Puccini’s original plan was to make the panels episodes from Dante; though that didn’t happen, they still constitute a divine comedy. Il Tabarro is set in an urban inferno, Suor Angelica in a convent which serves as the heroine’s purgatory, Gianni Schicchi in a mercenary Florence which from the heights of Fiesole looks like a radiant paradise. Because Dante’s was a journey through the undiscovered country, all three works map Orphic voyages into the underworld.”    –Peter Conrad, Opera Info (retrieved on May 15, 2007)

See pzweifel for Tuscan sites connected with Gianni Schicchi (retrieved on May 15, 2007).

Contributed by Patrick Molloy

Categories: Music
Tagged with: 1918, Italy, New York City, Operas

Radio Inferno

April 21, 2007 By Professor Arielle Saiber

radio-inferno-1993 “In 1993, German artist Andreas Ammer teamed up with members of Einsturzende Neubauten and legendary DJ John Peel to produce a radio play of Dante’s Divine Comedy. The result was Radio Inferno, with music by Einsturzende’s F.M. Einheit, and starring Blixa Bargeld as Dante, Phil Minton as Virgil, and John Peel as “The Radio” (the narrator). Caspar Brotzmann played guitar, and the work includes guest appearance from Bootsy Collins and many others.”    —WFMU, February 18, 2007

Contributed by Jenny Davidson

Categories: Music
Tagged with: 1993, Germany, Inferno, Radio

Dante’s (Portland, Oregon)

January 31, 2007 By Professor Arielle Saiber

dantes-live-portland-oregon

“Live Music, Cabaret, Burlesque & Rock-n-Roll”    —Dante’s Live

Contributed by Lisa Peterson (Bowdoin, ’07)

Categories: Dining & Leisure, Music
Tagged with: 2007, Humor, Oregon, Portland, Rock

Rodney Atkins, “If You’re Going Through Hell” (2006)

January 24, 2007 By Professor Arielle Saiber

rodney-atkins-if-youre-going-through-hell

See Rodney Atkins’ Website.

Contributed by Alex Brasili (Bowdoin, ’10)

Categories: Music
Tagged with: 2006, Country, Hell

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Coggeshall, Elizabeth, and Arielle Saiber, eds. Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture. Website. Access date.

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