Anna Bon
Italian
Born 1738, Died 1769
Anna Bon was born in Bologna, Italy into a family of Italian musicians. Her father was an artist and stage designer, her mother an opera singer. Anna attended an internationally renowned music school in Venice, the Ospedale della Pietà.
In 1755 Anna accepted the position of “chamber music virtuosa” at the court of Frederick Margrave of Brandenburg Bayreuth, the dedicatee of Bon’s Chamber Sonatas, Op. 1. Anna found strong encouragement and support from Frederick’s wife, Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine of Prussia, a musician and composer herself.
Anna wrote her Six Sonatas for Harpsichord, Op. 2 when she was between 17 to 19 years old, a remarkable feat for any composer, particularly a female teenager in of the 18th century.
Anna Bon married an Italian singer, Mongeri in 1767 and resided in Hildburghausen, Thuringia. Any further traces of her are lost to history as no other known source, nor any remnants of future works remain.
In 1755 Anna accepted the position of “chamber music virtuosa” at the court of Frederick Margrave of Brandenburg Bayreuth, the dedicatee of Bon’s Chamber Sonatas, Op. 1. Anna found strong encouragement and support from Frederick’s wife, Friederike Sophie Wilhelmine of Prussia, a musician and composer herself.
Anna wrote her Six Sonatas for Harpsichord, Op. 2 when she was between 17 to 19 years old, a remarkable feat for any composer, particularly a female teenager in of the 18th century.
Anna Bon married an Italian singer, Mongeri in 1767 and resided in Hildburghausen, Thuringia. Any further traces of her are lost to history as no other known source, nor any remnants of future works remain.