Question

Answer the following about works of music inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy. For 10 points each:
[10h] A theme beginning (read slowly) “C sharp D E F” represents the Gates of Hell in this composer’s “Dante Symphony.” The legend of Faust inspired his Mephisto Waltzes.
ANSWER: Franz Liszt
[10e] This Italian composer wrote the opera Gianni Schicchi about a knight mentioned in The Divine Comedy. His other operas include Turandot and La Boheme.
ANSWER: Giacomo Puccini
[10m] This Romantic composer titled his symphonic poem Francesca da Rimini after a character from the Divine Comedy. Shortly before this composer’s death, he composed the Pathetique Symphony.
ANSWER: Peter Tchaikovsky
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