| Anna Bon di Venezia distinguished herself as a professional composer and performer at a very young age. This study, through discussion of her life, music, and its modern day benefits, confirms that her compositional output and musical achievements are significant historically, theoretically, and pedagogically. Her compositions exhibit important developments and principals of musical evolution between the Baroque and Classical periods. Although she was young and just beginning her career when they were composed, her three published Opus numbers posses the inventive and artistic compositional qualities of a musician beyond her years.;The theoretical analysis will focus on Sonata V in G Minor and Sonata VI in G Major from Opus 1, presenting them within the context of both progressive and traditional flute repertoire of the eighteenth century. The importance the sonatas hold today will also be explored through a presentation of the collection's pedagogical benefits. In addition to a written analysis with musical examples from Bon's sonatas and the sonatas of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Johann Joachim Quantz, a pedagogical grading system has been compiled. The grading system should be used as a tool for flute teachers seeking the appropriate Opus 1 sonata for their students. The study takes into consideration both technical and musical elements. |
