Buononcini
Americannoun
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He secured Buononcini for the Academy, and the season opened on November 19 with Astarto.
From Handel by Dent, Edward J.
To his chagrin, however, the boy played it through with perfect ease and correctness, and from that moment Buononcini regarded him as a serious rival.
From Story-Lives of Great Musicians by Rowbotham, Francis Jameson
There were two well-known musicians living in Berlin at the time, named Ariosti and Buononcini, to whom Handel was of course introduced.
From Story-Lives of Great Musicians by Rowbotham, Francis Jameson
Some say, compared to Buononcini That Mynheer Handel’s but a ninny; Others aver that he to Handel Is scarcely fit to hold a candle.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
A test opera was planned, of which Handel wrote the third act, Buononcini the second and a third musician the first.
From The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians by Brower, Harriette
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