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Bellini (VINCENZO a musical composer)

VINCENZO, a musical composer, born in Catania, in Sicily, in 1802. He was educated at Naples, under Zingarelli, and, before he had completed his 20th year, he had produced "Bianca and Fernando" at the Theater St. Carlo.

This was succeeded by various other operas, of which "Il Pirata," "La Somnambula," "Norma," and "I Puritani" (1827-1834), are the best, and have gained for him an undying celebrity. He died near Paris, Sept. 23 , 1835.