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The Divine Communion of Soul and Song: A Musical Analysis of Dante's Commedia

Thomas, Maureen E
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1450117394

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2015, BA, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies.
For centuries, Dante's Commedia has inspired artists and musicians alike with its dense themes of redemption, atonement, religious ecstasy and reconciliation. His immense three-volume work is rife with musical metaphors and linguistic musicality qualifying it as a more than a poem: something that many in the field of Dante Studies term a masterpiece of an all-encompassing artistic nature. In this thesis, I explore the Commedia in terms of its musical construction, examining the specific choices by a linguistic genius to instruct his listeners of life, language and love through song.
Kristin Stasiowski, Phd (Advisor)
Kenneth Bindas, Phd (Committee Chair)
Jay White, Phd (Committee Member)
Stephanie Siciarz (Committee Member)
72 p.
Literature; Middle Ages; Music; Philosophy; Religious History
Dante; music; transformation; pilgrimage; Medieval; philosophy; Roman; Greek; Italian; literature; language; Religion; early church

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  • Thomas, M. E. (2015). The Divine Communion of Soul and Song: A Musical Analysis of Dante's Commedia [Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1450117394

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Thomas, Maureen. The Divine Communion of Soul and Song: A Musical Analysis of Dante's Commedia. 2015. Kent State University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1450117394.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Thomas, Maureen. "The Divine Communion of Soul and Song: A Musical Analysis of Dante's Commedia." Undergraduate thesis, Kent State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1450117394

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