Roglieri, Maria Ann: Dante & Music (Ashgate Books) Hardback

Contents

Contents: Introduction; The music of Dante’s Hell, Purgatory and Paradise; Francesca da Rimini: romantic and modern heroine in music; Dramatic musical tales of Dantean characters; The antimusic of Hell: screams and lamentations; Purgatorio: songs of a new dawn; Heavenly love songs and La dolce sinfonia di Paradiso; Some concluding remarks on Dante and music; Appendix: Tables representing the compiled data on musical settings of the Commedia; Bibliography; Index.