Giovanni Paolo Cima (c. 1570 – 1630) was an Italian

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and

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in the early

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era. He was a contemporary of

Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered ...

and

Girolamo Frescobaldi Girolamo Alessandro Frescobaldi (; also Gerolamo, Girolimo, and Geronimo Alissandro; September 15831 March 1643) was an Italian composer and virtuoso keyboard player. Born in the Duchy of Ferrara, he was one of the most important composers of k ...

, though not as well known (then or now) as either of those men. Cima came from a family of musicians and was a leading musical figure in

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. From 1595 he served as director of music and organist at the chapel of

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in Milan. His ''Concerti ecclesiastici'', a collection which also includes a mass, two Magnificat settings, and six sonatas for 2, 3, and 4 instruments, were published in 1610. Cima's church music was generally conservative, but his instrumental works were more innovative. His importance lies primarily in being the first composer to publish a

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(for violin, cornett, and basso continuo), in his 1610 collection. It is a single-movement, through-composed work displaying thematic integration and virtuosic display. Cima died in Milan during the plague of 1630, at about the age of 60. His son

Giovanni Battista Cima Giovanni Battista Cima, also called Cima da Conegliano (c. 1459 – c. 1517), was an Italian Renaissance painter, who mostly worked in Venice. He can be considered part of the Venetian school, though he was also influenced by Antonello da ...

is not to be confused with the painter

, called Cima da Conegliano, who was no relation.

Main works

* 1599: ''Il primo libro delli motetti'', for four voices * 1602: ''Ricercare per organo'' * 1606: ''Partito di ricercari & canzoni alla francese'' * 1610: ''Concerti ecclesiastici'' (Ecclesiastical concerti), for 8 voices, together with a mass, two Magnificats, and six sonatas with 2 to 4 instruments and basso continuo

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cima, Giovanni Paolo 1570s births 1622 deaths Italian male classical composers Italian Baroque composers Italian musicians Renaissance composers 17th-century Italian composers 17th-century male musicians