The Life of Bellini

by John Rosselli

Book Overview

'A sigh in dancing pumps' was Heine's view of Bellini. His physical beauty, boundless success and untimely death at the age of thirty-three combined to give Bellini instant mythical status. But both the facts and the fantasies were to be embroidered by Bellini's close friend and eventual biographer Francesco Florimo, who distorted the posthumous image of the composer to the extent of altering or destroying letters in his possession. In John Rosselli's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521467810
• ISBN13: 9780521467810
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"