The Divine Comedy (Smith)

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The Divine Comedy
by Robert W. Smith
Composed1995-1997
Movements4

The Divine Comedy Symphony is Robert W. Smith’s first complete symphonic band symphony. It was based on Dante's epic the Divine Comedy. Smith had studied this, and Homer’s Odyssey, at Troy.

The classical symphony consists of four movements—each following a distinct pattern:[1]

  1. The Inferno
  2. Purgatorio
  3. The Ascension
  4. Paradiso

References

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  1. ^ Traugott Rohner (2005). The Instrumentalist. Instrumentalist Co. p. 20. Retrieved August 6, 2013.

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