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A cyclopædic dictionary of music .., 1925
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1Beliebt (G.). Beloved, popular.
3BELIN (Bellin), G. Parisian tenor singer, 16th century. Wrote cantiques and chansons.
5BELIN, J. French lutenist; b. about 1530. Published a collection of motets, chansons, &c. in lute tablature, Paris, 1556.
7BELL, W. H. Composer; b. St. Albans, 1873. Works: Arcadian Suite for orch., &c.
9Bell. (1) The enlarged bell-shaped end of an instrument. (2) (G., Glock'e; F., Cloche; I., Campa'na.) A hollow metallic instrument which gives a predominating musical note of definite pitch when struck.
11Bell-diapa'son. An organ stop with bell-mouthed open metal pipes.
13Bell-gamba. An organ stop with the pipes terminating in a bell.
15Bell-harp. Usually known as "Fairy Bells." A small box strung with 8 or more strings of fine wire. "The player swings the instrument as he strikes, producing the effect of the sound of a peal of bells borne on the wind."—Stainer and Barrett.
17Bellman. A town, or parish, crier.
19Bell metal. An alloy of about 13 parts of copper to 4 of tin.
21Bell metronome. A metronome with a bell which can be set to mark the beats.
23Bell piano. (See Glockenspiel.)
25Sacrific Bell. } A small bell rung before the Eleva-
26Sanctus Bell. } tion of the Host.
28Bell Scale. A formula for gauging the size, weight, and thickness of bells.
30BEL'LA, J. L. Transylvanian priest; b. 1843. Works: church music, orchestral works, pf. pieces, &c, and, especially, national songs for men's voices.
32BELLAIGUE, Camille. B. Paris, 1858. Mus. critic Revue des deux Mondes, since 1885. Author of works on French music, &c.
34BELLAMY, Richard. Mus.B.Cantab. B. 1738; d. 1813. Vicar choral, St. Paul's, 1777.
36BELLAMY, Thos. Ludford. Son of Rd. 1770-1843. Renowned English bass singer; sang in all the chief concerts for nearly half-a-century.
38BELLA'SIO, P. Venetian composer, 16th cent. Published madrigals, villanelle, &c.
40BELLASIS, Ed. B. 1852. Author of "Memorials of Cherubini," songs, &c.
42BELLAZ'ZI, F. Venetian 17th cent. composer. Published a mass, motets, &c.
44BELLERBY, Edward J. B. Yorkshire, 1858. Mus.Doc.Oxon, 1895. Orgt., Margate.
46BEL'LERMANN, Frederich. 1795-1874. Director of a gymnasium at Berlin. Wrote treatises on Greek music and notation.
48BEL'LERMANN, Heinrich. Son of Frederich. B. Berlin, 1832; d. 1903.. Prof. at the Univ., 1866. His valuable treatises include an historical exposition of "Mensural Music."
50BELLET'TI, G. B. Renowned Italian baritone. B. 1815. Sang with Jenny Lind in London, Paris, United States, &c.
52Bellez'za (I.). } Beauty, grace, style.
53Belle'za (S.) } Beauty, grace, style.
55BEL'LI, Girolamo. Venetian composer, 16th cent. Published motets, madrigals, &c., some of them in 10 parts.
57BEL'LI, Giulio. Maestro Imola Cath., abt. 1620. Published masses, madrigals, canzonettes, psalms, &c., mostly in 8 parts.
59Bellicosamen'te (I.) } Bellicose, martial, war-
60Bellico'so (I.) } like.
62BELLINCIONI, Gemma. B. Monza (Milan), 1864. First appearance, 1870, as child prodigy. Has sung in all big opera houses of the world. Married the tenor, Stagno, Professor of Scenic Art at Berlin University until the war; then at the St. Cecilia Conservatoire, Rome.
64BELLI'NI, Vincenzo. Gifted opera composer. B. Catania, Sicily, 1801; d. near Paris, 1835. Pupil for some time at a Naples Conservatorio, but learnt more by diligent private study of the works of Pergolesi, Haydn, and Mozart.
66Operas: Adelson e Salvini, 1825; Bianca e Fernando, 1826; Il Pirata, 1827; La Straniera, 1829; Zaira, 1821; I Capuletti e Montecchi, 1830; La Sonnambula, Milan, 1831; Norma, 1831; Beatrice di Tenda, 1833; I Puritani, 1834. Norma is his finest work.
68"In his best moments Bellini surpasses his brilliant contemporary, Rossini, in the grace and sensuous warmth and charm of his melodies; in other respects he is the latter's inferior."—Th. Baker.
70BELL'MAN, Carl M. Swedish poet; 1740-1795. Set many of his own lyrics to music.
72BELL'MANN, Karl G. B. Muskau, 1772; d. 1862. Composed the German national song Schleswig-Holstein meerumschlungen.
74Bello,-a, (I.). Beautiful, agreeable.
76BELLOC, Teresa. Renowned mezzo-soprano. B. 1784; d. 1855. Sang at La Scala, Milan, 1804-24, also in Paris, London, &c., taking leading parts in over 80 operas.
78BELLO'LI, A. Horn player, La Scala, 1819-29. Wrote ballets, operas, and horn pieces.
80Belly. (G., Deck'e; F., Table; I., Tav'ola, Pan'cia.) The upper part of a violin, &c., over which the strings are stretched.
82Bel metal'lo di vo'ce (I.). A clear, brilliant soprano voice.
84BELSHAZZAR. Oratorio by Handel, 1745.
86Belu'stigend (G.). Gay, joyful.
88BEMBERG, Henri. B. Buenos Ayres, 1861. Has written the operas Le baiser de Suzon and Elaine; also songs.
90BEMBERG, Hermann. Opera composer; b. Paris, 1861.
92Bemerk'bar (G.). Marked, prominent.
94Bemes (Beemes). Old English horns or trumpets.
96BE'METZRIEDER, T. Alsatian monk; b. 1743. Lived several years in London. Wrote text-books of little value on harmony, &c.
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