JáN LEVOSLAV BELLA

'Ján Levoslav Bella' (September 4, 1843 Liptovský Mikuláš - May 25, 1936 Bratislava) was a Slovak composer and conductor, generally classified in the Nationalist Romantic movement of the 19th Century. Bella was ordained a priest in 1866 but left the priesthood in 1881 to become director of music in Hermannstadt, now Sibiu in modern Romania. In his day Bella was respected both as a composer and conductor by such important musical figures as Johannes Brahms, Hans von Bülow, Joseph Joachim and Ernst von Dohnányi.
Bella wrote a number of different types of music including an opera called ''Wieland der Schmied'' ("Wieland the Blacksmith"), based on a German legend. In recent times, his music and reputation have been revived by the Slovak composer and scholar Vladimír Godár.

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★ short biography and photo

★ brief biography

★ Bella String Quartet No.2 sound-bites and short biography