Definition of Bellini

1. Noun. Italian composer of operas (1801-1835).

Exact synonyms: Vincenzo Bellini
Generic synonyms: Composer

Definition of Bellini

1. Proper noun. (surname from=Italian) ¹

2. Proper noun. Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer ¹

3. Noun. a cocktail made from Prosecco and peach juice ¹

4. Noun. (alternative capitalization of Bellini) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Bellini

1. Lorenzo, Italian physician and anatomist, 1643-1704. See: Bellini's ducts, Bellini's ligament. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bellini

Bella
Bella Coola
Bellairsian
Bellard's formula
Bellarmino
Bellatrix
Belle
Belle Isle cress
Belle Miriam Silverman
Belle Époque
Belleau Wood
Belleek
Bellhead
Bellheads
Bellingham
Bellini
Bellini's ducts
Bellini's ligament
Bellinis
Bellis
Bellis perennis
Bellman-Ford algorithm
Belloc
Bellona
Bells
Belluno
Belmont
Belmont Park
Belmont Stakes
Belmopan

Literary usage of Bellini

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Famous Composers and Their Works by John Knowles Paine, Theodore Thomas, Karl Klauser (1891)
"On leaving Sicily, bellini took excellent letters of recommendation to persons ... During this period, bellini wrote a good many things, of which nothing is ..."

2. Lives of Seventy of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects by Giorgio Vasari (1896)
"The most important late addition to our knowledge of the bellini is the far greater place which has been given to Jacopo than had hitherto been accorded him ..."

3. Venice by Grant Allen (1903)
"This room contains much of the finest work of Giovanni bellini, the first and ... bellini lived from 1427 till I 5 i6, and was brotherin-law of Mantegna. ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1793)
"... that bellini was a knight, and a count Palatine ; but upon what ... and, to convince the painter of this,,he oiled for as bellini was then living, ..."

5. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"The last picture, which was finished by Giovanni bellini after his ... Venetian school ; younger brother of Gentile bellini, and with him pupil and ..."

6. History of Painting by Karl Woermann (1887)
"... Venice Academy—A unique genre picture—Minor disciples of the bellini—Previtali, Cima da Conegliano—Madonnas in the Louvre and National Gallery—Marco ..."

7. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"From his father he received his first lessons in music; but a Sicilian nobleman, struck by the child's talent, persuaded old bellini to allow him to send ..."

8. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"Albrecht Dürer, visiting Venice for a second time in 1506, reports of Giovanni bellini as still the best painter in the city, and as full of all courtesy ..."

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