Bonporti returned to Trent ordained as a priest and obtained a minor office in the cathedral in 1697: he regarded himself as primarily a priest rather than a composer.
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Composer
| Bonporti, Francesco Antonio (1672 - 1749) |
Life
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Bonporti took music lessons in Rome in 1691-95: Corelli is said to have instructed him in violin playing and Pitoni in the composition of sacred vocal music.
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Works
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He wrote Sonate, Motetti, Arie, Invenzioni da camera, Concerti and Concertini. The third movement of the tenth invention in Bonporti's op.10 may have provided J.S. Bach with a model for the corresponding movement of his Ouverture in B minor for harpsichord. |