Anna Bon (1738-after 1767) entered the Venetian Ospedale della Pietà as a paying music student at age four and likely studied with an advanced member of the renowned figlie del coro. Bon was born into a family of professional musicians and likely left the Ospedale to perform with her family in St. Petersburg, Dresden, Potsdam, and Regensburg around 1743. By 1755, the family had relocated to Bayreuth to work for Margrave Friedrich of Brandenburg Culmach and Margravine Wilhelmine of Bayreuth. Although Wilhelmine was an important patron of the art, music declined in Bayreuth after her death in 1758, and the Bon family traveled to Pressburg and obtained contracts to serve the Esterházy court of Prince Nicolaus at Eisenstadt. Anna married the singer Mongeri and settled in Hildburghausen by 1767, after which nothing is known about her life.
Works
1756 6 Sonate da Camera, Op. 1 (flute, continuo)
1757 6 Sonate per il Cembalo, Op. 2 (harpsichord)
1759 6 Divertimenti, Op. 3 (2 flutes, continuo)
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“Allegro” from Sonata 2 in F Major
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“Adagio” from Sonata 6 in G Major
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“Allegro” from Sonata 5 in G Minor
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“Allegro Moderato” from Sonata IV in D Major
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“Largo” from Sonata 2 in F Major
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“Allegro” from Sonata 6 in D Major
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“Allegro” from Sonata 1 in C Major
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