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Carson Cooman (organ)
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Carlotta Ferrari
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General Information
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Beata Beatrix
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| Composer
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Ferrari, Carlotta
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| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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ICF 1083
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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2023
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| First Performance.
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2024/5/17 National City Christian Church, Washington DC
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Modern
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| Piece Style
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Modern
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| Instrumentation
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organ
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“Beata Beatrix” takes its title from the well-known Dante Alighieri-themed painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882). Like Rossetti’s painting, the piece explores Dante’s attitude toward love, an experience that blesses (Beatrix) and is blessed at the same time (Beata). Dante’s beloved Beatrice (Portinari) may represent universal love. She appears “from heaven to show a miracle on earth” (“da cielo in terra a miracol mostrare”), thus being nobler, but also more human than any other creature. Such a double-sided representation of love—celestial and human, blessing and being blessed—makes Beatrice an archetype anybody can identify with. Musically the piece features a soggetto-cavato-like motto that is displayed in the very beginning and appears throughout the composition; the harmonies are lavish and sensual, and an overall idea of constant fluctuation between the human and the divine is the main character of the piece.
