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Francesca da Rimini |
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Francesca da Rimini (fränchĕs`kä dä rē`mēnē), fl. 13th cent., Italian beauty, daughter of Guido da Polenta of Ravenna. She was married by proxy to the hunchbacked lord of Rimini, Gianciotto Malatesta; the proxy, Gianciotto's young and handsome brother Paolo, became Francesca's lover. Gianciotto, discovering their guilt, killed them. The story is immortalized in Dante's Divine Comedy and is the subject of many other literary and artistic works and of Tchaikovsky's symphonic poem. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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1) The impact of the Divine Comedy in music is likewise significant--everything from Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini symphonic tone poem to a United Kingdom rock group called "Divine Comedy. 2, Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini and Barber's Symphony No. |
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