page_title: Dante Sonata
hierarchical_section_title: Dante Sonata
context_page_description: Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata is a piano sonata in one movement, completed by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt in 1849. It was first published in 1856 as part of the second volume of his Années de pèlerinage. This work of program music was inspired by the reading of Dante Alighieri's most famous epic poem, the Divine Comedy.
context_section_description: Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata (French for After a Reading of Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata; also known as the Dante Sonata) is a piano sonata in one movement, completed by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt in 1849. It was first published in 1856 as part of the second volume of his Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage). This work of program music was inspired by the reading of Dante Alighieri's most famous epic poem, the Divine Comedy.
caption: The highly programmatic themes depict the souls of Hell wailing in anguish.
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