Antonio Maria Bononcini (18 June 1677 – 8 July 1726) was an Italian

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and composer, the younger brother of the better-known

Giovanni Bononcini Giovanni Bononcini (or Buononcini) (18 July 1670 – 9 July 1747) (sometimes cited also as Giovanni Battista Bononcini) was an Italian Baroque composer, cellist, singer and teacher, one of a family of string players and composers. Biography E ...

. Bononcini was born and died at

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. Like his brother, he studied with

Giovanni Paolo Colonna Giovanni Paolo Colonna (16 June 1637 – 28 November 1695) was an Italian composer, teacher, organist and organ builder. In addition to being chapel-master and organist of San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, he served prominent members of the co ...

. Between 1690 and 1693, he played in the orchestra of Cardinal Pamphili. In 1698 he composed an allegory, ''La fama eroica'', for performance in Rome. He worked for some years with his brother, and joined him in the court orchestra at

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, where in 1705 he became ''Kapellmeister'' to the future

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Charles VI. In 1713 he returned to Italy, where he worked in Milan, Naples and Modena. In 1721 he became the ''maestro di cappella'' in Modena, where he remained for the rest of his life. In addition to his stage works, he composed over 40

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(most of them for solo voice and

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), as well as

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including a ''

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in G minor'', a '' Stabat Mater in C Minor'', and a ''

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''.

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)

References

*Randel, Don Michael (ed.
"Bononcini, Antonio Maria"
in ''The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music'', Harvard University Press, 1996, p. 92. 1677 births 1726 deaths Italian Baroque composers Italian male classical composers Italian opera composers Male opera composers Musicians from Modena 18th-century Italian composers 18th-century Italian male musicians {{Italy-composer-stub