Vincenzo Bellini (Composer)
Born: 3rd November 1801, Catania, Italy
Died: 23rd September 1835, Puteaux, France
Nationality: Italian
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was a Sicilian opera composer, who was known for his long-flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of Catania".
Many years later, in 1898, Giuseppe Verdi "praised the broad curves of Bellini's melody: 'there are extremely long melodies as no-one else had ever made before'."A large amount of what is known about Bellini's life and his activities comes from surviving letters—except for a short period—which were written over his lifetime to his friend Francesco Florimo, whom he had met as a fellow student in Naples and with whom he maintained a lifelong friendship. Other sources of information come from correspondence saved by other friends and business acquaintances.
Bellini was the quintessential composer of the Italian bel canto era of the early 19th century, and his work has been summed up by the London critic Tim Ashley as:
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Popular Works: Bellini
- A te, o cara (from I Puritani) (10)
- Ah, non credea mirarti (from La Sonnambula) (15)
- Almen se non poss'io (16)
- Bella Nice che d'amore (16)
- Care compagne, et voi, teneri amici ... Come per me sereno (from La Sonnambula) (13)
- Casta Diva (from Norma) (42)
- Col sorriso d'innocenza (from Il Pirata) (11)
- Dolente immagine di Fille mia (16)
- Eccomi in lieta vesta...Oh! quante volte (from I Capuleti e I Montecchi) (8)
- I Puritani (10)
- Il fervido desiderio (16)
- L'abbandono (16)
- L'allegro marinaro (12)
- La Farfalletta (13)
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- La Sonnambula (22)
- Lieto del dolce incarco…Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio (from I Capuleti e i Montecchi) (8)
- Ma rendi pur contento (16)
- Malinconia, ninfa gentile (17)
- Meco all´altar di Venere (from Norma) (10)
- Mira, o Norma (from Norma) (8)
- Norma (16)
- Norma Overture (22)
- Oboe Concerto in E flat major (45)
- Per pietà, bell'idol mio (16)
- Prendi l'anel ti dono (from La Sonnambula) (10)
- Quando incise sul quel marmo (13)
- Qui la selva è più folta ed ombrosa (from La Sonnambula) (10)
- Qui la voce sua soave...Vien, diletto (from I Puritani) (15)
- Romance (56)
- Salve Regina (10)
- Sogno d'infanzia (12)
- Son vergin vezzosa (from I Puritani) (13)
- Symphony in D major (8)
- Tecum Principium (9)
- Torna, vezzosa Fillide (Chamber Aria from Il Pirata) (14)
- Tutto è gioia, tutto è festa (from La Sonnambula) (12)
- Vaga luna che inargenti (20)
- Vanne, o rosa fortunata (16)
- Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni (from La Sonnambula) (9)
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