At all events, no importance was attached to it, and Buononcini was engaged to write an opera for the Carnival.
The most active of these was Buononcini, himself a composer of no mean ability, though eclipsed by the genius of Handel.
Against the simplicity and pathos of the old ballad Buononcini's stilted artificialities sounded tame and monotonous.
The two young men enjoyed themselves for some while, playing first a suite by Cesti, and then two early sonatas by Buononcini.
Buononcini's Griselda, which passes for his best opera, was produced in 1722, with Anastasia Robinson in the part of the heroine.
