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Title	Symphonie #1 - The Borgias - II. Nepotism (The Black Legend)
Article no.	4122070
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Concert music
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Format	PrtStm (full score and parts)
Country of publication	Austria (at)
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Year of publication	2023
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Composer	Schwarz, Otto M.
Difficulty level	4+
Evaluation level of countries	A4 (Austrian D level); D4 (German upper level)
Duration	9:15
Additional info/contents	A dark legend circulates about the Borgia family. It tells of corruption, abuse of power, orgies, sex, and murder. These rumors proliferated particularly during the pontificate of Pope Alexander VI, a scion of the family, and he was sometimes even called the Antichrist. When he died, contemporary witnesses reported that the devil himself lurked in his death chamber and that a black dog, his emissary, roamed the corridors of the Vatican. A kind of demonization ensued of this Borgia pope, who, together with his family, ruled with the utmost brutality. Unscrupulousness, poisoning, incest, and other evil deeds still characterize this pontificate today. NEPOTISM On August 11, 1492, Rodrigo Borgia was elected Pope. From the outset, the new pope used every means possible to eliminate all opponents, sometimes through the infamous "Borgia poison" or through excommunication and execution. His son Cesare, who wanted little to do with the Church, was made a cardinal against his will. Alessandro Farnese, the brother of Giulia Farnese, the Pope's lover, also became a cardinal. Many Spaniards were brought into the country and appointed to ecclesiastical offices. This provoked the opponents of Alexander VI. The Dominican Girolamo Savonarola from Florence demanded the Pope's deposition. He was tortured and burned at the stake. Giuliano della Rovere wanted to convene councils to depose the Pope, which Alexander prevented through clever politics. This Pope achieved his goal of leaving his children a great inheritance with utmost brutality, brilliant political skill, and power games. Alexander VI constantly changed his allies and always acted unscrupulously to improve his financial situation and expand his sphere of influence. The focus of the second movement of this work is the medieval hymn “Dies Irae” (Day of Wrath), which acts as a warning in the background, condemning the actions of the Pope.
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