Giovanni Maria Bononcini (September 23, 1642 – November 18, 1678) was an Italian violinist and composer, the father of a musical dynasty.
In 1671 Bononcini the elder became a court musician at Modena. His treatise, Musico prattico, was published in 1673.
The composers Giovanni Battista Bononcini and Antonio Maria Bononcini were his sons.
Read more about Giovanni Maria Bononcini: Reading
Famous quotes containing the words giovanni and/or maria:
“I always like summer
best”
—Nikki Giovanni (b. 1943)
“God rest you merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay,
For Jesus Christ, our Saviour,
Was born upon this day,
To save us all from Satan’s power
When we were gone astray.
O tidings of comfort and joy!
For Jesus Christ, our Saviour,
Was born on Christmas Day.”
—Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1826–1887)