Bellini, Vincenzo, a musical composer, born at Catania, Sicily; his works operas, more distinguished for their melody than their dramatic power; the best are “Il Pirati,” “La Somnambula,” “Norma,” and “Il Puritani” (1802‒1835).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Bellini, Jacopo * Bellmann