Anna Bon, a female composer from the 1700s, is a mysterious figure as very little is known about her. The only known biography comes from the frontispieces and dedications of her only three published works between 1756 and 1759. Hypotheses suggest that she may have been the daughter of Girolamo Bon, a famous architect, scenographer, and painter, and Rosa Ruvinetti, a singer, who were linked to Frederic the Great's court in Prussia. Her father lived in various German cities and died in 1761. Anna's coincidence of being present in the same publishing house and geographical areas as her father, along with the fact that her first publication explicitly states that she was a virtuosa di musica da camera at the court of Potsdam in 1756, sheds some light on her life. Her three known works are VI Sonate da Camera per il flauto Traversiere Violoncello o Cembalo - opera prima, VI Sonate per il cembalo opera seconda, and VI Divertimento per due flauti e cambalo opera terza. All were dedicated to important patrons. Anna disappeared from historical record after 1767 when she was known to live in Hildburghausen, Turingia, with her husband, Mongeri. No further works or traces of Anna Bon have been found since that time.
