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Stokes Encyclopedia Of Music And Musicians, 1908
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121 feet, 6 inches in diameter at the mouth and weighs 193 tons.
3Bell Gamba. Eight-foot organ stop with bell mouth.
5Bellaigue (Camille) wrote "Un siècle de musique française," "Études musicales et nouvelle silhouettes de musiciens," etc.; won first prize for piano, Paris Conservatoire, 1878; contributed reviews to many periodicals. B. Paris, May 24, 1858; add. Paris.
7Bellamy (Richard) composed "Te Deum" for full orchestra and anthems; sang bass in Eng. Chapel Royal. D. Sept. 11, 1813.
9Bellamy (Thomas Ludford) sang bass at Covent Garden and Drury Lane, and at concerts of "Ancient Music," London; managed theatres; published collection of glees and other songs. B. Westminster, 1770; son of RICHARD; d. London, Jan. 3, 1843.
11Belle Hélène. Jacques Offenbach's three-act opera bouffe, to words by Meilhac and Halévy, was first performed Dec. 17, 1864, at the Paris Théâtre des Variétés. The English version is called "Helen, or Taken from the Greek."
13Bellermann (Constantin) composed operas and oratorios; wrote on music and played lute. B. Erfurt, Thuringia, 1696.
15Bellermann (Johann Friedrich) wrote authoritatively on Greek music and theory. B. Erfurt, Mar. 8, 1795; d. Feb. 4, 1874.
17Bellermann (J. Gottfried Heinrich) composed music for three Greek plays and much vocal music; wrote on theory; taught, University of Berlin. B. Mar. 10, 1832; son of JOHANN FRIEDRICH; d. Potsdam, April 10, 1903.
19Belletti (Giovanni) sang bar. with Jenny Lind; debut, Stockholm, 1837; toured United States with Jenny Lind under Barnum management. B. 1813, Sarzana, Italy; retired, 1862.
21Bell'haver (Vincenzo) composed toccata for organ and madrigals; organist St. Mark's Cathedral, Venice, 16th century.
23Belli (Domenico) composed; taught church music, 1610-13, in Florence.
25Belli (Girolamo) composed sacred music and madrigals. B. Argenta, near Ferrara; first publication, 1583; last, 1610.
27Belli (Giulio) composed madrigals and church music; directed music in Imola Cathedral, 1582; entered Franciscan Order, 1590. B. about 1560, Longiano.
29Bellini (Vincenzo) composed "La SONNAMBULA," "NORMA," and "I Puritani," operas remarkable for the beauty of their melody, and which still hold their place in repertoire. Son of an organist in Catania, Sicily, who gave him his first instruction in music. Bellini's talent was manifest at an early age, and a Sicilian nobleman volunteered to defray the expense of educating him at the Naples Conservatory, then directed by Zingarelli. His first work, "Adelson e Salvina," was produced in 1825, and gained him a commission from Barbaja, impresario of the San Carlos, La Scala, and other opera houses. "Bianca e Fernando" was the result, and it was so well received in Naples that Barbaja commissioned him to write a new opera for the celebrated tenor, Rubini, for performance in Milan. The ornate music of Rossini then ruled in opera, and the simplicity of the airs in "Il Pirata" were admirably sung by Rubini, and, after the performance at Milan, 1827, spread the young composer's fame through other European music centres. "La Straniera," his next work, given at Milan in 1829, likewise met with a cordial reception, but did not prove popular elsewhere. "Zaira," produced 1829, in Parma, was unsuccessful. "I Capuletti ed i Montecchi," produced at La Fenice in Venice, 1830, was cordially received. Mme. Pasta was the Romeo, a rôle later selected by Johanna Wagner for her debut in London. "La Sonnambula," Bellini's greatest work, was produced at La Scala in 1831, and speedily became as popular in England as in Italy. "Norma," second only to "Sonnambula," followed in less than a year. Bellini visited London in 1833, and then went to Paris, where he was engaged, on the advice of Rossini, to
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