Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Illustration Credits ix
5. A Note on Translations xi
6. Abbreviations xiii
7. Introduction 1
8. 1. Music to Dante’s Ears: Exposure to Polyphony 8
9. 2. Inferno’s Unholy Racket 43
10. 3. Purgatorio: Musical Liturgy as Pharmakon 92
11. 4. Paradiso: The Attuning of the Sky 154
12. 5. The Music of the Spheres 193
13. Conclusions 217
14. References 219
15. Index 239