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Vincenzo Bellini
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Italian opera composer (1801–1835)
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Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian composer associated with the Romantic music movement. He specialized in opera and symphony, with notable works including *Norma*, *La sonnambula*, *I Capuleti e i Montecchi*, and *I puritani*. Bellini studied under Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli and spoke Italian. He was a recipient of the Knight of the Legion of Honour award.
Born in Catania on November 3, 1801, Bellini died in Puteaux on September 23, 1835. His cause of death was dysentery, resulting from natural causes. He is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery and Catania Cathedral. His works are described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and The Nuttall Encyclopædia.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1801 births, 1835 deaths and 19th-century Italian classical composers.
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Catania, Sicily, Italy
Vincenzo Salvatore Bellini was born on November 2, 1801 in Catania, Sicily, Italy. He was the first of seven children in a musical family. His grandfather gave him first piano lessons at the age of 3, and at the age of 5 young Bellini could play good piano to an audience. His first composition dates from around that age. He was granted a scholarship from the municipal government of Catania…
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- Active to
- 1835
Discography
- Norma: Overture / Lucia di Lammermoor: Sextet1915
- I puritani1953
- Norma1954
- La sonnambula1957
- Norma1961
- La sonnambula1963
- Norma1965
- Beatrice di Tenda1966
- Norma1968
- Il pirata1971
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Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (November 3, 1801 – September 23, 1835) was an Italian opera composer. Known for his flowing melodic line, Bellini was the quintessential composer of Bel canto opera. Born in Catania, Sicily, Italy, Bellini was a child prodigy from a highly musical family and legend has it he could sing an air of Valentino Fioravanti at eighteen months, began studying music theory at two, the piano at three, and by the age of five could play well. <a href="https://ww
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- Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli
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- Hair colour
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Vincenzo Bellini, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
La sonámbula [Música notada]
I puritani [Música notada]
Il pirata [Música notada] :]opéra complet pour piano et chant : paroles italiennes
I Montecchi e Capuleti [Música notada] :]opera in due atti del Mº. Vzo. Bellini, ridotta per piano-forte
Il pirata [Música notada] :]melodramma posto in musica e dedicato a Sua Eccellenza la Signora Duchessa Litta dei Principi Belgiojoso d'Este da Vincenzo Bellini
Norma [Música notada] :]tragedia lirica in due atti di F. Romani
Los puritanos.. Coro del acto 3º [Música notada]
Polish. (Son vergin vezzosa) [Music Noted]:] in Bellini’s opera I puritani
La sonnambula [Música notada] : melodramma in due atti di Felice Romani
Ocarina [Música notada] :]colección de piezas escogidas
Il rival salvar tu dei = Thou must save thy rivalLiberty duet, baritone and bass ; I Puritani, Act II
I puritani. acto II, scena IV, Dueto final II Il rival salvar tu dei (barítono y bajo)
Cavatina en la ópera Norma del maestro Bellini [Música notada] :]Casta diva che inargenti
Vi ravviso [Música notada] :]cavatina nell'opera La sonnambula di Bellini
Roméo et Juliette [Música notada]: opéra
Romeo et Juliette [Música notada]: opéra
Roméo et Juliette [Música notada]: opéra [Música notada]
Tenor Aria in the Third Act of the Opera Sonámbula [Noted Music]
Plegaria and a finale in the opera Sonámbula [Music Noted]
Soprano duo and opera tenor Norma [Music Noted]:] “In mia man at last tu sei”
Chorus, march and air, We won... in the opera Il pirata [Música notada]
Recitativo e duetto, Tu m'apristi in cor ferita, nell'opera Il pirata [Música notada]
I puritani.. Il rival salvar tu dei [Música notada] :]opera seria in tre atti posta in musica pel Teatro Reale Italiano in Parigi
Signor, che creder deggio ... Ah non credea mirarti [Música notada] :]scena e preghiera nell'opera La sonnambula
Regimes, or good mother... Everything is loose, or of funesto! [Música notada]: scene and air in the opera La sonnambula
Tutto è gioja, tutto è festa [Música notada] :]cavatina nell'opera La sonnambula
Care compagne ... Come per me sereno [Música notada] :]recvo. e cavna. nell'opera La sonnambula
Come nojose e lungo ... Vi ravviso o luoghi ameni [Música notada] :]scena e cavna. nell'opera La sonnambula
Lasciami aver compreso ... De lieti augurj [Música notada] :]scena ed aria nell'opera La sonnambula
I puritani = Die Puritaner: opera seria in tre atti.. No. 2, Duetto
Duetto, Va crudele [Música notada] :]nell'opera Norma
Norma.. Cavatina : ite sul colle, o Druidi
Nel furor delle tempeste [Música notada] :]cavatina en la ópera El pirata
Prendi l'anel ti dono : scena e duetto con accompagnamento di piano forte
Qual cor tradisti : finale
Cinta di fiori : romanza con accompagnamento di piano forte nei Puritani
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Encyclopedic overview
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini (/bəˈliːni/ bə-LEE-nee; Italian: [vinˈtʃɛntso salvaˈtoːre karˈmɛːlo franˈtʃesko belˈliːni] ; 3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) was an Italian opera composer famed for his long, graceful melodies and evocative musical settings. A central figure of the bel canto era, he was admired not only by the public but also by many composers who were influenced by his work. His songs balanced florid embellishment with a deceptively simple approach to lyric setting.
Born to a musical family in Sicily, he distinguished himself early and earned a scholarship to study under several noted musicians at Naples' Real Collegio di Musica. There he absorbed elements of the Neapolitan School's style and was inspired by performances of Donizetti's and Rossini's operas, among others, in more modern idioms. He wrote his first opera, Adelson e Salvini (1825), for the conservatory, and his next, Bianca e Fernando (1826), on a Teatro di San Carlo-affiliated commission for promising students. He also became close friends with his peer and first biographer, Francesco Florimo.
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