Dante Symphony
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A Symphony to Dante's Divine Comedy, S.109, or simply the Dante Symphony, is a choral symphony composed by Franz Liszt. Written in the high romantic style, it is based on Dante Alighieri's journey thr
Franz Liszt, portrait by Hungarian painter Miklós Barabás, 1847
The Dresden Hoftheater (later rebuilt as the Semperoper)
Purgatorio
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Purgatorio is the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno and preceding the Paradiso; it was written in the early 14th century. It is an allegorical telling of the climb of Dante u
A page of the Purgatorio at the Laurentian Library
Le Dante, conduit par Virgile, offre des consolations aux âmes des Envieux by Hippolyte Flandrin
Purgatorio, Canto II: Christian souls arrive singing, escorted by an angel
Pia de' Tolomei (La Pia) in a painting by Stefano Ussi, Canto V.