 Born in Florence, Bimboni came to the United States in 1911, immediately finding employment with Henry Savage, who engaged him to conduct his company's tour of Giacomo Puccini's "La fanciulla del West".Upon conclusion of the run, he continued to find employment as a conductor in various areas of the country.It was during this period that he became interested in American Indian subjects, and composed "Winona" to a libretto by a Minneapolis journalist, Perry S. Williams.