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− | '''Giovanni Battista Bononcini''' (18 July, 1672 - 9 July, 1750) was an Italian [[Baroque music|Baroque]] composer and | + | '''Giovanni Battista Bononcini''' (18 July, 1672 - 9 July, 1750) was an Italian [[Baroque music|Baroque]] composer and cellist, and came from a family of musicians. His father, [[Giovanni Maria Bononcini]], was a violinist and composer. |
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Bononcini the younger was born in Modena. | Bononcini the younger was born in Modena. | ||
− | His works include a number of [[opera]]s, | + | His works include a number of [[opera]]s, masses, and a funeral anthem for the Duke of Marlborough. One of his operas was ''Serse'', later adapted by [[George Frideric Handel]]. He played cello and published his earliest works for this instrument in 1685 at Bologna. |
− | Bononcini was for a time maestro di cappella at San Giovanni in Monte and afterwards worked in Milan, Rome, Vienna, Berlin, and from 1720 to 1732, in London, where he | + | Bononcini was for a time 'maestro di cappella' at San Giovanni in Monte and afterwards worked in Milan, Rome, Vienna, Berlin, and from 1720 to 1732, in London, where he rivaled Handel for a time. He left after charges of plagiarism were proven against him, and died in poverty in Vienna. His younger brother, [[Antonio Maria Bononcini]], was also a composer. |
==Operas== | ==Operas== |
Revision as of 22:31, 29 April 2007
Giovanni Battista Bononcini (18 July, 1672 - 9 July, 1750) was an Italian Baroque composer and cellist, and came from a family of musicians. His father, Giovanni Maria Bononcini, was a violinist and composer.
Biography
Bononcini the younger was born in Modena.
His works include a number of operas, masses, and a funeral anthem for the Duke of Marlborough. One of his operas was Serse, later adapted by George Frideric Handel. He played cello and published his earliest works for this instrument in 1685 at Bologna.
Bononcini was for a time 'maestro di cappella' at San Giovanni in Monte and afterwards worked in Milan, Rome, Vienna, Berlin, and from 1720 to 1732, in London, where he rivaled Handel for a time. He left after charges of plagiarism were proven against him, and died in poverty in Vienna. His younger brother, Antonio Maria Bononcini, was also a composer.
Operas
- Il trionfo di Camilla (1696)
- Astarto (1720)
- L'odio e l'amore (1721)
- Griselda (1722)
- Erminia (1723)
- Astianatte (1727)
Other works
- Messe brevi (1688)
- Divertimenti da camera (1722)
- XII Sonatas for the Chamber (1732)
- Lidio, schernito amante (cantata)
External links
- Giovanni Battista Bononcini: a detailed biography
- Giovanni Bononcini 1670-1747
- Free scores by Giovanni Bononcini in the Werner Icking Music Archive
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