Giovanni Paolo Cima
Giovanni Paolo Cima (* around 1575 in Milan ; † 1630 there ) was an Italian composer and organist of the early Baroque.
Life
He was one of the leading musicians in Milan at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. From 1595 to 1630 he was music director and organist at the Church of S. Celso, a position he took over from Ottavio Bariola († 1596). Cima's successor in office was Antonio Maria Turati .
Cima mainly composed sacred music, including his six church sonatas, which were written around 1610. In these sonatas he first used the violin as a solo instrument and with two of these sonatas he created early examples of trio sonatas, using the term à tre for the first time .
One of Cima's children, Giovanni Battista Cima (1596–1654) worked first as an organist in Milan and later in Como . Giovanni Paolo's younger brother Andrea Cima (1580 to after 1627) was also active as a composer and organist in Milan.
Works (selection)
- 1598: Two works in Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi's collection Il primo libro della musica a due voci
- 1599: Libro primo delli motetti a quattro voci
- 1606: Partito di ricercari, canzoni alla francese (A description of the tuning of keyboard instruments can be found in the appendix )
- 1608: Concerti ecclesiastici (two to four-part motets )
- 1610: Concerti ecclesiastici a una, due, tre, quattro voci, con doi a cinque, et uno a otto, messa, e doi Magnificat, & falsi bordoni a 4th, & sei sonata, per instrumenti a due, tre, e quatro ... con la partitura per l'organo
literature
- Cima, Gian Paolo . In: Wilibald Gurlitt (Ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon . 12th, completely revised edition. People part: A-K . Schott, Mainz 1959, p. 317 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Cima, Gian Paolo . In: Carl Dahlhaus (Ed.): Riemann Musiklexikon . 12th, completely revised edition. Personal section: A – K , supplementary volume. Schott, Mainz 1972, p. 220 .
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Giovanni Paolo Cima in the International Music Score Library Project
- Alberto Iesuè: Entry in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 25 (1981) (in Italian)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cima, Giovanni Paolo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cima, Gian Paolo; Cima, Gianpaolo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian composer and organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1575 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1630 |
| Place of death | Milan |