Antonio Maria Bononcini

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Antonio Maria Bononcini (June 18, 1677 - July 8, 1726), was an Italian cellist and composer, the younger brother of the better-known Giovanni Bononcini.

Bononcini was born and died at Modena in Italy. He worked for some years with his brother, and joined him in the court orchestra at Vienna, where in 1705 he became Kappellmeister to the future Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI. In 1713 he returned to Italy, and in 1721 he became the maestro di cappella in his home city of Modena, where he remained.

[edit] Operas

  • Tigrane, re d'Armenia (1710)
  • I veri amici (1715)
  • Il tiranno eroe (1715)
  • Sesostri re d'Egitto (1716)
  • La conquista del vello d'oro (1717)
  • Astianatte (1718)
  • Griselda (1718)
  • Nino (1720)
  • Merope (1721)
  • Endimione (1721)
  • Rosiclea in Dania (1721)
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