▁Press , ▁New ▁H aven ▁and ▁London , ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁▁ ▁Stanley ▁Sad ie ▁( ed .), ▁The ▁New ▁Gro ve ▁Dictionary ▁of ▁Opera , ▁Oxford ▁University ▁Press , ▁New ▁York , ▁ 1 9 9 2 , ▁ 4 ▁volumes , ▁▁ ▁Category : Ph on ation ▁Category : Ital ian ▁opera ▁termin ology ▁Category : Sing ing ▁techniques ▁Category : V o ice ▁registers <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁B lin is ht i ▁or ▁B len isti ▁was ▁an ▁Alban ian ▁fe ud al ▁family ▁from ▁northern ▁Alban ia ▁that ▁appeared ▁in ▁several ▁documents ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁and ▁ 1 4 th ▁centuries . ▁They ▁were ▁in ▁control ▁of ▁a ▁territory ▁from ▁B lin is ht ▁( a ▁settlement , ▁that ▁now ▁belongs ▁to ▁the ▁Le zh ë ▁District ) ▁to ▁the ▁high lands ▁of ▁northern ▁Alban ia . ▁▁ ▁Its ▁possible ▁founder , ▁V l ado , ▁first ▁appears ▁in ▁sources ▁in ▁ 1 2 7 4 ▁as ▁a ▁By z antine ▁str ati ot . ▁He ▁al lied ▁himself ▁with ▁the ▁Ser bian ▁king , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 2 7 9 ▁was ▁arrested ▁by ▁the ▁captain ▁of ▁D urr ë s , ▁which ▁was ▁then ▁under ▁An ge vin ▁rule . ▁Later ▁he ▁was ▁released ▁and ▁sent ▁to ▁Br ind isi ▁with ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁comes ▁( count ). ▁His ▁son , ▁Gul iel m ▁B lin is ht i , ▁became ▁mar shal ▁of ▁the ▁An ge vin ▁army ▁in ▁Alban