Vincenzo Bellini : a guide to research / Stephen A. Willier.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willier, Stephen A.

Series:

Routledge music bibliographies

The Routledge music bibliographies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835--Bibliography.

Bellini, Vincenzo.

Bellini, Vincenzo, 1801-1835.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 248 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2002.

Summary:

This comprehensive bibliography and research guide details all the works currently available on Vincenzo Bellini, the Italian opera composer best known for his work "Norma," which is still regularly performed today at Covent Garden and by regional opera companies. 2001, the bicentennial anniversary of Bellini's death, saw several concerts and recordings of his work, raising his academic profile. This volume aims to meet the research needs of all students of Bellini in particular.

Contents:

1. Bellini's Life and Career 1

Outline of Key Events in His Life 1

Completed Operas; Casts of Premieres 8

2. Bibliographies, Works-Lists, Catalogues 11

3. Nineteenth-Century Assessments and Impressions 17

4. Biographical Studies 33

Encyclopedia and Dictionary Articles 33

Bellini Giovane

Origins, Youth in Catania, Early Compositions, Education in Naples 36

Character Studies from the Nineteenth Century 40

Circumstances Surrounding Bellini's Death and Burial 43

Necrologies; Elegies and Homages upon Bellini's Death 45

Homages and Reports upon the Transfer of Bellini's Remains from Paris to Catania, 1876 47

Biographical and Character Studies Surrounding the Bellini Centenaries (ca. 1901 and ca. 1935) 49

Biographical and Character Studies after ca. 1935 58

5. Letters and Documents 65

6. Libretto and Literary Source Studies; Historical and Cultural Studies 75

7. Exhibition Catalogues; Conferences; Congress Reports; Special Publications; Iconographies 85

8. General Aspects of Musical Style: Aesthetics, Analysis, Performance Practice, Influences, Compositional Process 95

9. Manuscript Studies; Collections; Collected Edition; Critical Evaluation of Editions of Bellini's Works; Editors, Publishing Firms 113

10. Studies of Individual Operas and Bellini's Non-Operatic Works 119

11. Bellini's Interpreters; Histories of Theaters; Bel Canto Style; Production Aspects 165

12. Discographies (Including Discography of Bellini's Operas, in chronological order), Videographies, and Reviews of Recordings 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0815338058

OCLC:

50136215