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Title	Symphonie #1: The Borgias - 1. Alexander VI (The Black Legend)
Article no.	4118748
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Contemporary Music (1945-present)
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	Germany (de)
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Year of publication	2023
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Composer	Schwarz, Otto M.
Difficulty level	4
Evaluation level of countries	D4 (German upper level)
Duration	9:30
Additional info/contents	There is a so-called “black legend” circulating around the Borgia family - this term has been used to describe negative reports about Spain and Spaniards since the late Middle Ages. The black legend of the Borgias is about corruption, abuse of power, orgies, sex and murder. These rumors increased particularly during the pontificate of Pope Alexander VI, a scion of the family. Alexander was sometimes even referred to as the Antichrist. When he died, according to contemporary witnesses, the devil was said to have been creeping around in the death room and a black dog was said to have run up and down the corridors of the Vatican as the devil's messenger. The brutal rule of Pope Alexander and his relatives led to a kind of demonization of the Borgia family. But it is precisely because of its unscrupulousness, poisoning, incest and other cruelties that this pontificate still exerts a certain fascination today. 1. ALEXANDER VI Rodrigo Borgia was born in 1431 near Valencia. He studied law in Bolognia and rose in the church hierarchy through his uncle Pope Calixtus III. As vice-chancellor of the Holy Roman Church, he became one of the richest men in Europe. As a cardinal he fathered four children, whom he later recognized when he was already pope. His election as pope was promoted by purchasing offices, blackmail and bribery of all kinds. Through an alliance with Ascanio Sforza, he was able to win the papal election on August 11, 1492 and from then on called himself Alexander VI, a reference to Alexander the Great.
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	Symphonie #1: The Borgias - 1. Alexander VI (The Black Legend) (concert/wind band), full score and parts
	Symphonie #1: The Borgias - 1. Alexander VI (The Black Legend) (concert/wind band), full score

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