Life of vincenzo bellini
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Vincenzo Bellini
Born on November 3rd 1801 in Catania, Sicily, Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was the eldest of seven children born into a musical family. The house where he was born is now a museum.
His father, Don Rosario Bellini and grandfather, Vincenzo Tobia Bellini, were both organists and music teachers.
Life of vincenzo bellini
At the age of two, with his father teaching him to play the piano and his grandfather teaching him musical composition, the young Vincenzo quickly became a child prodigy. By the time he was five years old he could sing complicated arias and was a very accomplished pianist.
He began composing music before he had begun his formal education and it is believed he composed his first pieces at the age of six.
In 1819 he entered the Royal College of Music of San Sebastiano (now known as the Naples Conservatory) and progressed so rapidly that he was offered free tuition.
By 1824 he was a highly respected teacher and had written his first opera, Adelson e Salvini, w