Editing Dithyramb (section)

==Modern dithyrambs==
Dithyrambs are rare in [[English language]] literature. In [[German literature]] they appear more frequently, and from the 19th century several compositions were inspired by them.

===Literature===
[[John Dryden]]'s "[[Alexander's Feast (Dryden poem)|Alexander's Feast]]" (1697) is a notable example of an English language dithyramb.

[[Friedrich Schiller]] wrote a ''Dithyrambe'' in 1796. [[Nietzsche|Friedrich Nietzsche]] composed a set of ''[[Dionysian-Dithyrambs|Dionysos-Dithyramben]]'' in 1888/89.<ref>See the comprehensive commentary in [[Andreas Urs Sommer]], Kommentar zu Nietzsches Der Antichrist. Ecce homo. Dionysos-Dithyramben. Nietzsche contra Wagner (= Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (Hg.): Historischer und kritischer Kommentar zu Friedrich Nietzsches Werken, vol. 6/2), Berlin / Boston: Walter de Gruyter 2013</ref> The poetry cycle ''Dithyrambischer Herbst'' by Austrian poet [[Alfred Grünewald]] was published in 1920.<ref>{{cite book|author=Alfred Grünewald|title=Dithyrambischer Herbst|year=1920|publisher=Hans Heinrich Tillgner Verlag|place=Potsdam}}</ref>

===Music and dance===
From the 19th century dithyrambs appear frequently in [[classical music]], as well in vocal as instrumental compositions.

[[Franz Schubert]] wrote a song for bass voice based on Schiller's ''Dithyrambe'' ({{D.}} 801, published as Op. 60 No. 2 in 1826). Schubert's earlier attempt at setting the same poem for a more extended vocal ensemble had remained unfinished ({{D.|number=47}}, 1813). Schubert's [[Wanderer Fantasy|Fantasie in C Major, Op. 15 (D.760)]], often called the "Wanderer Fantasy", was referred to as "the splendid Wanderer-Dithyramb" by [[Franz Liszt]] in his letter to Professor Siegmund Lebert of December 2, 1868.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Brown |first=Maurice J. E. |date=1951 |title=Schubert's 'Wanderer' Fantasy |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/934078 |journal=The Musical Times |volume=92 |issue=1306 |pages=540–542 |doi=10.2307/934078 |jstor=934078 |issn=0027-4666|url-access=subscription }}</ref> [[Johann Friedrich Reichardt]] (in ''Schillers lyrische Gedichte'' volume 2, published around 1809) and [[Wilhelm Taubert]] (Op. 144 No. 2, 1864) were other composers setting Schiller's poem. Other composers basing vocal music on dithyrambs include [[Giuseppe Verdi]] ("[[Brindisi (Song Verdi)|Brindisi]]", No. 6 of his 1845 ''[[Album di Sei Romanze (Verdi)|Album di Sei Romanze]]''), and [[Max Bruch]] (Op. 39, {{circa}} 1871). [[Othmar Schoeck]]'s 1911 [[List of compositions by Othmar Schoeck#Lieder|''Dithyrambe'', Op.&nbsp;22]] is based on an unnamed verse by [[Goethe]].<ref>''Werk- und Nachlassverzeichnis Othmar Schoeck (1886 – 1957)''. Zentralbibliothek Zürich. p. 29. See also [http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=6588 Dithyrambe 'Alles geben die Götter, die unendlichen'] at The LiederNet Archive, and: Marcel Reich-Ranicki. [https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/frankfurter-anthologie/marcel-reich-ranicki-in-der-frankfurter-anthologie-alles-geben-die-goetter-von-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-12603935.html "„Alles geben die Götter“ von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe"] in ''[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]]'', 4 October 2013.</ref>

Instrumental dithyrambs were composed by [[Robert Volkmann]] and [[Hermann Ritter]]. [[Nikolai Medtner]] composed several dithyrambs, including a set of three for solo piano as his Opus 10. Additionally, the final movement of his first violin sonata carries the title, and the last of his ''Vergessene Weisen'' Op. 40 is a ''Danza ditirambica''.

The last movement of [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ''Duo Concertant'' for violin and piano is entitled ''Dithyrambe''. [[Richard Edward Wilson]]'s 1983 ''Dithyramb'' is for oboe and clarinet. [[Wolfgang Rihm]] composed a 30-minute work, ''Concerto'', in 2000, with the subtitle ''Dithyrambe'' and a scoring for string quartet and orchestra.

In 1961 the American choreographer [[James Waring]] created a dance piece entitled ''Dithyramb'' with music and objects by the Fluxus artist [[George Brecht]].

The Swedish composer, Ture Rangström, 1884–1947, wrote an early symphonic poem, “Dithyramb” in 1909, revised in 1948 by Kurt Atterberg.