Thursday, July 18, 2024

July 18 - Giovanni Battista Bononcini (The Musical Birthday Series, 6th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for July 18th are found here: Pauline Viardot (2019), Richard Branson (2020), Giovanni Battista Bononcini; Pauline Viardot (2021), Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (2022), and Hermann von Reichenau (2023)

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Giovanni Battista Bononcini (18 July 1670 – 9 July 1747) was an Italian composer, cellist, singer, and teacher.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Morality Tale


Bononcini died on 9 July 1747 in Vienna, impoverished and largely forgotten. -- Wikipedia


Bononcini lived too long,

   Out-living the demand

For his Baroque-ish sort of song

   In short, his life had spanned


Too many years, too many changes

   In fickle public trends.

How cruel it is when fate arranges

   That this is how life ends.

 

 

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