Bononcini, Antonio
Bononcini, Buononcini Giovanni Maria, baptised 23 September 1642 Montecorone (near Modena), †l8 November 1678 Modena, Italian composer, violinist and theoretician. He was a student of M. Uccellini and A. Bendinelli. At a young age, he started service at the court in Modena, from 1671, he was a violinist of a court band; from 1673, he was a bandmaster of the Modena cathedral. In 1669, he became a member of Accademia Filarmonica in Bologna. Bononcini was one of the most outstanding representatives of the Modena school, 13 opuses were published during his life.
Literature: L.F. Valdrighi I Bononcini da Modena, Modena 1882; E. Schmitz Geschichte der weltlichen Solokantate, Leipzig 1914; G. Roncaglia, L.A. Muratori La musica e il maggior compositore modenese del suo tempo, Modena 1933; W. Klenz, Giovanni Maria Bononcini of Modena. A Chapter in Baroque Instrumental Music, Durham 1962; K. H. Holler, Giovanni Maria Bononcini’s Musico prattico in seiner Bedeutung für die mus. Satzlehre des 17. Jahrhundert, Baden Baden 1963; W. Apel, Italian Violin Music of the Seventeenth Century, Bloomington 1990; P. Allsop, The Italian “Trio” Sonata, from Its Origins until Corelli, Oxford 1992.
Compositions
Instrumental:
Primi frutti del giardino musicale, Op. 1, 2 violins, basso continuo, published in Venice 1666, facsimile ed. Bologna 1969
Sonate da camera e da ballo, Op. 2, 2 violins, basso continuo, published in Venice 1667
Varii fiori del giardino musicale, Op. 3, 2 violins, alto, violone, basso continuo published in Bologna 1669, facsimile ed. Bologna 1983
Arie, correnti, sarabande, gighe, & allemande, Op. 4, violins, violone or spinet, Op. 4, published in Bologna 1671, 1674
Sinfonie, allemande, correnti, e sarabande, Op. 5, 2 violins, 2 alto, violone, basso continuo, published in Bologna 1671
Sonate da chiesa, Op. 6, 2 violins, basso continuo, published in Venice 1672, Bologna 1677, London [1721], facsimile ed. Bologna 1970
Ariette, correnti, gighe, allemande, e sarabande, Op. 7, 2 violins, alto, violone, basso continuo, published in Bologna 1673, 1677, Venice 1677, London 1711
Trattenimenti musicali, Op. 9, 2 violins, 2 alto, violone, basso continuo, published in Bologna 1675
Arie, e correnti, Op. 12, 2 violins, cello, published in Bologna 1678, London 1700, 1705, 1720,
Sonata no. 7 in Scielta delle suonate a due violini con il basso continuo per l’organo, published by G. Monti, Bologna16807
Vocal-instrumental:
Cantate per camera a voce sola, libro primo, Op. 10, soprano or bass with z basso continuo, published in Bologna 1677
Madrigali a cinque voci sopra i dodici tuoni, o modi del canto figurato, Op. 11, published in Bologna 1678
Cantate per camera a voce sola, libro secondo, Op. 13, soprano, alto or bass with basso continuo, published in Bologna 1678
I primi voli dell’aquila austriaca dal soglio imperiale alla gloria, dramma da camera, staged in Modena 1677 (only V. Carli’s libretto remained)
Editions:
Trio Sonata Op. 1 No. 6, published by E. Schenk, in: «Hausmusik» 130, Vienna 1952
Canon 12-voice with Op. 3, in: A. Schering Geschichte der Musik in Beispielen, Leipzig 1931
Trio Sonata Op. 6 No. 9, published by E. Schenk, «Das Musikwerk» VII, Cologne 1954, English ed. 1962
Op. 1 No. 1–9, 12, 13–17; Op. 2 No. 3–7, 11, 25, 37, 38; Op. 3 No. 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 17, 21, 22, 24, 27, 28, Canone à 2592 voci; Op. 4 No. 3–5, 7–9, 13, 15, 20, 22; Op. 5 No. 6, 12, 17, 20, 25, 26; Op. 6 No. 3–6, 8, 11, 12; Op. 7 No. 1, 2, 18, 23, 24, 25; Op. 9 No. 1–3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 20; Op. 12 No. 10, 16, 24; Sonata No. 7 from 16807, published by W. Klenz in Giovanni Maria Bononcini of Modena. A Chapter in Baroque Instrumental Music, Durham 1962
Arie, correnti, sarabande e allemande Op. 4 for violin and piano, published by M. Abbado, Milan 1968
Sonate da camera e da ballo, Op. 2, published by G. Vecchi, Bologna 1971
Tractat:
Musico prattico che brevemente dimostra il modo di giungere alla perfetta cognizione di tutte quelle cose, che concorrono alla composizione de i canti… Op. 8, published in Bologna 1673, facsimile ed. Hildesheim 1969