Brief biography of Bellini

Bellini went down in the history of musical culture as an outstanding master of Belcanto, which in Italian means beautiful singing. On the back of one of the gold medals released during the composer’s life in his honor, a brief inscription read: “The Creator of Italian Melodies.” Even the genius of J. The extraordinary melodic gift, which Bellini possessed, allowed him to create the original and fulfilled intonation, which could influence the widest circle of listeners, could not overshadow his glory.

Such outstanding singers of the XIX century shone in his works. Viardot, Sisters Grizi, M. Malibra, J. Pasta, J. Rubini A. Tamburini and others Bellini was born in a family of musicians. He received a musical education at the Neapolitan Conservatory of San Sebastiano.

A student of the then well -known composer N. Science, Bellini very soon began to look for his way in art. And his short, only ten -year composer activity has become a special page in the Italian opera. In terms of the number of created operas, Bellini is inferior to Rossini and Donizetti-the composer's pen owns 11 musical and stage works. He did not work as easily and quickly as his famous compatriots.

This was largely due to the method of Bellini’s work, which he talks about in one of his letters. Calculation of the libretto, penetration into the psychology of characters, acting reincarnation in the character, the search for a speech and then musical expression of feelings - this is the path drawn by the composer. Bellini perfectly knew the specifics of the human voice.

The vocal parties of his operas are extremely natural and convenient for singing. They are filled with breadth of breathing, the continuity of melodic development. There are no excessive jewelry in them, because the composer saw the meaning of vocal music not in virtuoso effects, but in the transfer of living human emotions. The composer managed to raise the Italian lyric-drama opera to a new artistic level, in many ways anticipating the achievement of J.

Verdi and the Italian Verists. In the lobby of the Milan Theater La Scala is the marble figure of Bellini, in his homeland, in Katania, the opera theater is named after the composer. But the main monument was created by the composer himself - he became his wonderful operas, which to this day do not leave the scenes of many musical theaters in the world. PACTUR, F. PACTUR; per.

The book was written by the director of the Museum Vincenzo Bellini in the city of Katania - Francesco Pastura, a scientist thoroughly studied the work of the great composer, in love with his music. The author subtly reveals the brilliant giftedness of Bellini, who won world glory with his operas: “Somnambul”, “Norm”, “Puritan”, which to this day remain the peaks of opera art.

Krugntyaeva, T. The book tells about the life and creative path of an outstanding Italian composer. Koenigsberg, A. Essays on life and creativity. Essays about the most prominent composers of the era of romanticism are collected. Each of them sets out a brief biography of the composer, examines the main genres of his work, characteristic features of style. Konen, V.

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