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Giovanni Bononcini

1670 - 1747

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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. He was a rival to George Frederic Handel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Bononcini is the 191st most popular composer (up from 319th in 2019), the 928th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,408th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Italian Composer.

Giovanni Bononcini is most famous for his operas and his sonatas.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Giovanni Bononcini ranks 191 out of 1,451. Before him are Vincenzo Galilei, Reinhold Glière, Louis Spohr, Ferruccio Busoni, Amilcare Ponchielli, and Johann Adolph Hasse. After him are Dmitry Kabalevsky, Stanisław Moniuszko, Samuel Barber, Michael Praetorius, Niccolò Piccinni, and Jan Dismas Zelenka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1670, Giovanni Bononcini ranks 2. Before him is Augustus II the Strong. After him are Bernard Mandeville, Antonio Caldara, Turlough O'Carolan, John Toland, Maria Margaretha Kirch, Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, Rajaram I, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, and Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken. Among people deceased in 1747, Giovanni Bononcini ranks 3. Before him are Nader Shah, and Amaro Pargo. After him are Alain-René Lesage, Alessandro Marcello, Catherine Opalińska, Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, Giuseppe Crespi, Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen, and Philip Johan von Strahlenberg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni Bononcini ranks 928 out of 5,161. Before him are Bruttia Crispina (164), Giovanni Pisano (1248), Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases (1569), Michele Placido (1946), Teia (550), and Titus Labienus (-100). After him are Valentino (1932), Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo (5), Natalia Ginzburg (1916), Maria Theresa of Savoy (1756), Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies (1806), and Giacomo Agostini (1942).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Giovanni Bononcini ranks 40. Before him are Giuseppe Torelli (1658), Francesco Cavalli (1602), Baldassare Galuppi (1706), Vincenzo Galilei (1520), Ferruccio Busoni (1866), and Amilcare Ponchielli (1834). After him are Niccolò Piccinni (1728), Luigi Nono (1924), Vittorio Monti (1868), Leonardo Vinci (1690), Umberto Giordano (1867), and Francesca Caccini (1587).

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