Giovanni Bononcini
Giovanni Bononcini (18 July 1670 - 9 July 1747) was an Italian Baroque composer and cellist, one of a family of musicians.
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18 July - 1670 - 9 July - 1747 - Italian - Baroque - Cellist
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His works include a number of operas, masses, and a funeral anthem for the Duke of Marlborough. One of his operas was Serse, later adapted by George Frideric Handel.
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Opera - Masses - Duke of Marlborough - George Frideric Handel
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Bononcini worked in Rome, Vienna, Berlin, and from 1720 to 1732, in London, where he rivaled Handel for a time. He left after charges of plagiarism were proven against him, and died in poverty in Vienna.
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Rome - Vienna - Berlin - 1720 - 1732 - London
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