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BON DI VENEZIA, Anna

Anna Bon di Venezia
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Born ~ 1739
Death date unknown

  • Anna Bon’s parents both worked in opera. Her mother was a singer, and her father was a librettist and set designer.
  • Anna began musical studies at the age of four at the Ospedale Della Pietà in Venice and was known as a musical prodigy.
  • In 1755, the teenage Bon moved with her parents to the court of Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (older sister of Frederick the Great). While at the court, Bon was given the title “chamber music virtuoso” and dedicated her first set of compositions, Six Sonatas for flute and continuo, Op.1, to the Prussian monarch (who happened to play the flute).
  • Following her marriage to an Italian singer in 1767, we have no further information about Bon’s life and career.1

Learn More:

Biographical blog article by Amaranti Ensemble

Sources

  1. “BON DI VENEZIA, Anna,” Donne UK, accessed March 1, 2023, https://donne-uk.org/author/bon-di-venezia-anna-2/.

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