Bellini

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Fabrizio Della Seta (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Dipartimento di Musicologia e Beni Culturali at the Università di Pavia) James Chater

Bellini

Name: Bellini
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ISBN: 9780197787236

Fabrizio Della Seta (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Dipartimento di Musicologia e Beni Culturali at the Università di Pavia), James Chater

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Oxford University Press Inc
05 May 2026

Opera; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Musical scores, lyrics & libretti

Series: Composers Across Cultures

Bellini is the most complete monograph ever published to-date on the life and legacy of the composer from Catania. His achievements, presented in the historical-social context of his time, explore his relationships with educational institutions, the theatrical production system and the literary world, and impresarios, publishers, librettists, and other musicians alike. Each chapter is dedicated to a period of Bellini's life and the cities in which he worked: Catania, Naples, Milan, Venice, London, and Paris. Of Bellini's ten operas, only three are well-loved by the public; the other seven are rarely performed, and thus, are relatively unknown. Bellini provides essential information on these lesser-known works, offering summaries of their synopses as well as discussions of various number of significant scenes and passages therein. Fabrizio Della Seta also explores the relationships between Bellini and the most famous singers of his time, such as Giuditta Pasta and Giovanni Battista Rubini, and the role his contemporaries played in shaping his musical style. Through a close, in-depth exploration of Bellini's operas, chamber music, and sacred and instrumental music, Della Seta positions the composer not only as a creator of memorable melodies, but as a first-rate dramatist whose musical structures were imbued with cultural meaning and historical significance.

By: Fabrizio Della Seta (Professor Emeritus Professor Emeritus Dipartimento di Musicologia e Beni Culturali at the Università di Pavia)
Translated by: James Chater
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 167mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 803g
ISBN: 9780197787236
ISBN 10: 0197787231
Series: Composers Across Cultures
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 05 May 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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Fabrizio Della Seta graduated with Nino Pirrotta at the Sapienza University of Rome in 1975. He was Associate Professor at the University of Siena and Professor at the University of Pavia, earning Emeritus status in 2022. Della Seta has co-edited numerous volumes, including Edizione critica delle opere di Vincenzo Bellini (Ricordi), and is a member of the Editorial Board of The Works of Giuseppe Verdi (University of Chicago Press, Ricordi). He has taught in the Italian State Conservatories. In 2012, he was Chair of the Programme Committee of the 14th Congress of the International Musicological Society, held in Rome.