: By calling it a "Fantasia," Liszt signaled a move away from the rigid, traditional constraints of the classical Sonata form.
: It highlights the work's dual nature—it is structured enough to be a sonata but free enough in its poetic imagination to be a fantasy. Other Notable Examples
: The subtitle links the work to Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy . It evokes a vast "cosmos of allusions" to the poem's themes of hell and redemption.
: By calling it a "Fantasia," Liszt signaled a move away from the rigid, traditional constraints of the classical Sonata form.
: It highlights the work's dual nature—it is structured enough to be a sonata but free enough in its poetic imagination to be a fantasy. Other Notable Examples
: The subtitle links the work to Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy . It evokes a vast "cosmos of allusions" to the poem's themes of hell and redemption.