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Author Ciabattoni, Francesco

Title Dante's journey to polyphony / Francesco Ciabattoni
Published Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2010 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010)

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Description 1 online resource (x, 250 pages)
Series Toronto Italian studies
Toronto Italian studies.
Contents Music to Dante's ears : exposure to polyphony -- Inferno's unholy racket -- Purgatorio : musical liturgy as Pharmakon -- Paradiso : the attuning of the sky -- The music of the spheres
Summary "Although Dante's Commedia has inspired a number of musical compositions, such as Tchaikovsky's symphonic poem Francesca Da Rimini and Rachmaninov's opera by the same name, and various syncretic studies on these works, until now there has not been a study that addresses the actual underlying musical framework of Dante's poem. In Dante's Journey to Polyphony, Francesco Ciabattoni examines the role of the musical performances in the Commedia and, more specifically, how the presentation of sacred music unfolds throughout the entire poem and constitutes a structural pillar of the narrative discourse." "Thoroughly grounded in musicological and philological scholarship, Dance's Journey to Polyphony provides the first organic treatment of the theme of Dante and music. Moving from the philosophical foundations of music and from a study of the diffusion of polyphony in Tuscany during Dante's day, Ciabattoni outlines the intricate musical design in the texture of the poem. An analysis of the musical passages in the Commedia shows that, from infernal cacophony, through purgatorial monophony, to paradisiacal polyphony, sacred songs constitute a thoroughly planned system accompanying the pilgrim's itinerary. Far from being a mere decorative element, Ciabattoni argues, music in the Commedia can be regarded as a necessary complement to the great liturgy of the sacred poem."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia.
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 fast
Divina commedia (Dante Alighieri) fast
Subject Sacred songs -- Italy -- History and criticism
Music -- Performance -- Italy -- History -- To 1500
Music in literature.
Music and literature -- Italy -- History
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Medieval.
POETRY -- Continental European.
Music and literature
Music in literature
Music -- Performance
Sacred songs
Italy
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010561601
ISBN 9781442620230
1442620234
9781442698604
1442698608
0802096263
9780802096265