TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ciabattoni,Francesco
TI  - Dante's journey to polyphonyFrancesco Ciabattoni
T2  - Toronto Italian studies
SN  - 9781442620230
AV  - PQ4432 .D368 2010
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Toronto [Ont.
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Dante Alighieri,
KW  - Sacred songs
KW  - Italy
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Music
KW  - Performance
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Music in literature
KW  - Music and literature
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - "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
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