- •Bellini, Vincenzo
- •1. Education and early career (1801–26).
- •2. Achievement of fame (1827–9).
- •3. Rapprochement with the Rossinian style (1829–31).
- •4. Last works (1831–5).
- •5. Reception and influence.
- •Works operas
- •Sacred all works composed before 1825
- •Other vocal composed after 1825 for 1v, pf, unless otherwise stated
- •Instrumental
- •Bibliography
- •A: lists of works
- •B: bibliographies
- •C: discographies
- •D: letters
- •E: iconography
- •F: life and works
- •G: biographical and character studies
- •H: critical studies
- •I: works: specific aspects
- •J: Individual works
- •I capuleti e I montecchi
- •La sonnambula
- •Beatrice di tenda
- •I puritani
Instrumental
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Orch (all composed before 1825): Capriccio, ossia Sinfonia per studio, c; 6 sinfonie: B , I-CATm*, c (Milan, 1941), d-D (Milan, 1941), D, facs. in Vincenzo Bellini: Composizioni giovanili inedite (Rome, 1941) (Padua, 1959), E , facs. in Vincenzo Bellini: Composizioni giovanili inedite (Rome, 1941), E (Milan, 1941); Ob Conc., E , Nc*, facs. in Vincenzo Bellini: Composizioni giovanili inedite (Rome, 1941) (Milan, 1961)
Kbd: Allegretto, g, pf, I-Fn*; Capriccio, G, pf 4 hands, Nc; Pensiero musicale, pf, ed. F.P. Frontini (Florence and Rome, n.d.); Polacca, pf 4 hands; Org Sonata, G, US-NYpm*; Tema, f, pf, c1834, F-Pn*
Spurious: Sonata, F, pf 4 hands, Nc* = transcr. of Beethoven's Allegretto alla Polacca op.8
Bellini, Vincenzo
Bibliography
a: lists of works
b: bibliographies
c: discographies
d: letters
e: iconography
f: life and works
g: biographical and character studies
h: critical studies
i: works: specific aspects
j: Individual works
Bellini, Vincenzo: Bibliography
A: lists of works
F. Pastura: ‘Elenco delle opere’, Bellini secondo la storia (Parma, 1959), 709–12
F. Lippmann: ‘Bellinis Opern – Daten und Quellen’, Vincenzo Bellini und die italienische Opera seria seiner Zeit, AnMc, no.6 (1969), 365–97; It. trans., rev., in M.R. Adamo and F. Lippmann: Vincenzo Bellini (Turin, 1981)
H. Weinstock: Vincenzo Bellini: his Life and his Operas (New York, 1971), 375–87
Bellini, Vincenzo: Bibliography
B: bibliographies
O. Viola: ‘Bibliografia belliniana’, Omaggio a Bellini (Catania, 1901), 336–84; pubd separately (Catania, 1902, 2/1923)
L. Ronga: ‘Note sulla storia della critica belliniana’, Bollettino dei musicisti, ii (1934–5), 70–74; repr. in L. Ronga: Arte e gusto nella musica (Milan, 1956)
A. Damerini: ‘Bellini e la critica del suo tempo’, Vincenzo Bellini, ed. I. Pizzetti (Milan, 1936), 215–50
S. Pugliatti: ‘Problemi della critica belliniana’, Chopin e Bellini (Messina, 1953), 93–113
H. Weinstock: Vincenzo Bellini: his Life and his Operas (New York, 1971), 549–54
E. E. Abbadessa: ‘Gli eterografi belliniani del San Pietro a Majella’, Vincenzo Bellini: Critica-Storia-Tradizione, ed. S.E. Failla (Catania, 1991), 48–61
M.R. Adamo: ‘Aggiornamento alla Bibliografia belliniana di Orazio Viola’, ibid., 82–105
M.R. De Luca: ‘I bozzetti per opere belliniane del San Pietro a Majella’, ibid., 76–81
S.E. Failla: ‘Gli autografi belliniane del San Pietro a Majella’, ibid., 32–47
A. Tosca: ‘Le stampe belliniane del San Pietro a Majella’, ibid., 62–74
Bellini, Vincenzo: Bibliography
C: discographies
A. Porter: ‘Norma’, Opera on Record, ed. A. Blyth, i (London, 1979), 154–72
G. Cataldo: Il teatro di Bellini (Bologna, 1980), 159–65
L. Bellingardi: ‘Discografia’, in M. Adamo and F. Lippmann: Vincenzo Bellini (Turin, 1981), 557–62
C. Marinelli: ‘La sonnambula’, Opere in disco (Fiesole, 1982), 136–47
R. Fairman: ‘“La sonnambula” and “I puritani”’, Opera on Record, ii (London, 1983), 115–28
Bellini, Vincenzo: Bibliography
