Rua giovanni bononcini biography wikipedia

Italian composer and cellist.

Rua giovanni bononcini biography wikipedia: The Concert Spirituel was the

He entered the Accademia filarmonica in , and two years later he became maestro di cappella at S. Giovanni in Monte. During the next few years he fulfilled commissions in Modena and Bologna and published a number of vocal and instrumental pieces. He served as chamber musician for Filippo Colonna and his family in Rome ; during this period his successful opera Il trionfo di Camilla was performed at Naples in and later at many other cities.

From he served Leopold I in Vienna; he also served his successor, Joseph from From to he was in the service of Johann Wenzel in Rome. His string of London successes began in with Astarto, performed at the Haymarket Theatre; subsequent works for the Royal Academy included Muzio Scevola , Crispo , Griselda , Erminia , and Calfurnia In spite of cabals against him and against Italian opera altogether , his works were received with acclaim in London throughout the s and were often in competition with Handel's works.

In he was in Paris, where he composed works for the Concert spirituel; pensioned in Vienna by Maria Theresa,