Giovanni Bononcini
1670 - June 19, 1747), was an Italian Baroque composer and cellist, one of a family of musicians.
Works include operas, Masses, and a funeral anthem for the Duke of Marlborough. One of his operas was Serse, later adapted by George Frideric Handel.
Bononcini worked in Rome, Vienna, Berlin, and (1720-32) London, where he rivaled Handel for a time. He left after charges after of plagiarism were proven against him. He died in poverty in Vienna
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