Vincenzo Bellini: Difference between revisions

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'''Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini''' ({{IPA-it|vinˈtʃɛntso salvaˈtoːre karˈmɛːlo franˈtʃesko belˈliːni|lang|It-Vincenzo Bellini.ogg}}; 3 November 1801 – 23 September 1835) was an Italian [[opera]] composer,<ref>The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vincenzo-Bellini "Vincenzo Bellini, Italian Composer"], ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 15 January 2018.</ref><ref name=L&M1>{{harvnb|Lippmann|McGuire|1998|p=389}}</ref> who was known for his long-flowing melodic lines for which he was named "the Swan of [[Catania]]".<ref>Giovanni (no surname provided) to "Uncle Ignazio" ("identified as Ignazio Giuffrida-Moschetti, Catanese friend of Bellini" in Weinstock), 18 January 1832, quoted in {{harvnb|Weinstock|1971|pp=109–110}}: the actual original wording was "the Swan of Sicily, or to phrase it better, of Catania".</ref>

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'."<ref>Verdi to Camille Belaigue, 2 May 1898, {{harvnb|Lippmann|McGuire|1998|p=392}}</ref>