Giuseppe Colombi (

Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...

, 1635-Modena, 27 or 29 September 1694) was an Italian musician and composer, active in the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

period. In 1674, he was named ''maestro di cappella'' for the court in Modena. In 1678, he replaced

Giovanni Maria Bononcini Giovanni Maria Bononcini (bap. 23 September 1642 – 18 November 1678) was an Italian violinist and composer, the father of a musical dynasty. In 1671 Bononcini the elder became a court musician at Modena. His treatise, ''Musico prattico'', was ...

as ''maestro'' of the

Cathedral of Modena Modena Cathedral ( it, Cattedrale Metropolitana di Santa Maria Assunta e San Geminiano but colloquially known as simply ''Duomo di Modena'') is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Modena, Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Saint ...

. He wrote various symphonies, sonatas, and balletti.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Colombi, Giuseppe Italian male classical composers Italian Baroque composers Musicians from Modena 1635 births 1694 deaths 17th-century Italian composers 17th-century male musicians