Giuseppe Bonno (29/01/1711 - 15/04/1788), an Austrian composer of Italian descent (from Vienna). He studied composition at Naples at the Emperor's cost and in 1738 he was taken into the imperial court chapel as Hofscholar, from which he rose to be a court composer (1739) and, on Gassmann's death, court chapel master (1774). He was essentially a court musician.
| Source: | Grove's dictionary of music and musicians |
Requiem in C minor
| Period: | Classicism |
| Musical form: | mass |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
This Requiem in C minor includes trombones, creating an extraordinary dynamic opening of the sequence.
Bonno's Requiem in C minor includes trombones which contribute tothe extraordinarily dynamic opening of the sequence; elsewhere the orchestra is usually relegated to the role of accompaniment for the voices; the setting suffers from an overuse of tremolo effects.
| Author: | James W. Pruett |
| Source: | The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians |
Requiem in E flat major
| Period: | Classicism |
| Musical form: | mass |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
This one is containing one of the longest settings of the sequence in the 18th century. Each verse is treated as a separate movement.
Bonno's more successful (than the C minor) is the Requiem in E flat, which contains one of the longest settings of the sequence in the 18th century. The verses are treated as separate movements, and especially striking is the manner in which the 'Tuba mirum' is set off by a complete break followed by a 13-bar instrumental introduction.
| Author: | James W. Pruett |
| Source: | The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians |