Giovanni Bononcini
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The vocal duets of G. F. Handel are distinguished by a greater musical and dramaturgical diversity compared to the duets of his contemporaries, but this diversity has not yet been systematically examined in different contexts. This study... more
A view at the main perspectives of studies on the history of the cello in Naples. The essay mentions new documents, lists the most important publications on the topic and indicates future directions of research.
Oratorio a sei voci in due parti, con cori e accompagnamento di concerto grosso, La Gran Matilde, con testo di Alfonso Colombo, o Colombi, dedicato a Francesco II d’Este, duca di Modena, fu posto in musica da don Antonio Maria Pacchioni,... more
On the basis of archival materials, including some unpublished, this essay reconstructs the essentially unknown figure of Margherita Balletti (Milan, c. 1680 – London, after 1738), wife of Giovanni Bononcini and exponent of an important... more
The article offers the first substantiated evidence of the use of natural horns (corni da caccia) in early eighteenth-century Roman orchestras. The first well-documented case is the performance of Giovanni Bononcini’s serenata... more
Full text available at: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1478570620000457 The analysis of a forgotten source sheds light on the early history of the cello in seventeenth-century Naples. The manuscript MS 2-D-13, held in the library of the... more
Giovanni Bononcini (1670-1747) was not only a renowned composer of vocal music, but also one of the most eminent cello players of the 18th century. His talent as a performer was admired throughout his long career. The two Sinfonie per... more
Negli studi sulla musica sacra a Lisbona, il cardinale Pietro Ottoboni è ricordato come colui che nel 1718, su interessamento del re Giovanni V, favorì la creazione di un repertorio di manoscritti musicali in «canto piano» e in polifonia... more
When he joined the Royal Academy of Music in 1720, the famed castrato Francesco Bernardi (known as Senesino) contrived to shape a favourable persona against gossip that had preceded him to London. In 1715 he was labelled a ‘conceited... more
Paolo Rolli’s 1721 Muzio Scevola production at the Haymarket in London with music by Filippo Amadei, Giovanni Bononcini and George Frideric Handel pulls Bononcini and Handel together in one of their first public matches in Britain.... more
Il poeta «napolitano» Donato Cupeda (c. 1661–1704), tra gli arcadi Siraste Nedeatide, fu attivo alla corte di Vienna durante l’ultimo quindicennio dell’impero di Leopoldo I d’Asburgo. Prima assistente di Nicolò Minato e poi suo successore... more
L’indole e i gesti di Clori sono fra i soggetti preferiti nella poesia arcadica fra Sei e Settecento; innumerevoli componimenti vocali da camera sono rivolti a questa amata ninfa, mostrando le più variegate sfaccettature di un... more