- Bononcini by Max Nichols
Or Buononcini., musical family of Modena, Italy.Giovanni Maria Bononcini, 1642–78, choirmaster and organist at Bologna and Modena, was a composer and the author of Musico prattico. (1673). His sonGiovanni Bononcini, 1670–1747, was a composer, chiefly of operas. In London he was the ...
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee by Webster's
Two things practically alike; -- a phrase coined by John Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire "On the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini.".
- Bononcini, Giovanni by Mark Hanson
... His father was Giovanni Maria Bononcini (1642–78), maestro di cappella of Modena Cathedral and the composer of numerous church and chamber sonatas. Giovanni himself served as maestro di cappella at San Giovanni in Monte; he later held desirable positions in various European capitals. In London in the 1720s he had a celebrated operatic rivalry with George Frideric ...
- Oratorio by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... G. Gabrieli, G. Legrenzi, G. Bononcini, and A. Stradella excelled in the composition of Italian oratorios.In the Italian oratorio, the solo sections, recitatives, and da capo. Arias acquired increasing importance in the 18th century. The oratorio became similar to opera and was sometimes performed on stage. Many 18th-century Italian opera composers wrote oratorios ...
- Handel, George Frideric by Andy Stevenson
... , and Giovanni Battista Bononcini, all of whom composed operas for it. The company was dissolved in 1728, but Handel continued trying to present Italian opera in London until 1741, when his last opera, Deidamia, failed. Handel's 46 operas include much of his finest music; among them are Julius Caesar. (1724), Atalanta (1736), Berenice (1737), and Serse (1738 ...