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Giovanni Paolo Cima (c. 1570 – 1622) was an Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 and organist
Organist

An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ . An organist may play organ repertoire, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist....
 in the early Baroque
Baroque music

Baroque music describes a period or style of European classical music approximately extending from Dates of classical music eras. This era is said to begin in music after the Renaissance music and was followed by the Classical music era....
 era. He was a contemporary of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi

Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi , was an Italian composer, viol, and singer.Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the music of the Renaissance music to that of the Baroque music....
 and Girolamo Frescobaldi
Girolamo Frescobaldi

Girolamo Frescobaldi was an Italian musician, one of the most important composers of keyboard instrument music in the late Renaissance music and early Baroque music periods....
.

Cima came from a family of musicians and was a leading musical figure in Milan
Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
. He was director of music and organist at tha Saint Marie chapel of Saint Celso in Milan in 1610.

Cima's church music was generally conservative, but his instrumental works were more innovative.






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Giovanni Paolo Cima (c. 1570 – 1622) was an Italian
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
 composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 and organist
Organist

An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ . An organist may play organ repertoire, play with an musical ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist....
 in the early Baroque
Baroque music

Baroque music describes a period or style of European classical music approximately extending from Dates of classical music eras. This era is said to begin in music after the Renaissance music and was followed by the Classical music era....
 era. He was a contemporary of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi

Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi , was an Italian composer, viol, and singer.Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the music of the Renaissance music to that of the Baroque music....
 and Girolamo Frescobaldi
Girolamo Frescobaldi

Girolamo Frescobaldi was an Italian musician, one of the most important composers of keyboard instrument music in the late Renaissance music and early Baroque music periods....
.

Cima came from a family of musicians and was a leading musical figure in Milan
Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
. He was director of music and organist at tha Saint Marie chapel of Saint Celso in Milan in 1610.

Cima's church music was generally conservative, but his instrumental works were more innovative. He was the first composer to publish trio sonata
Trio sonata

The trio sonata is a musical form which was particularly popular around the 17th century and the 18th century.A trio sonata is written for two solo melodic instruments and basso continuo, making three parts in all, hence the name trio sonata....
s and made use in them of the combination of two treble
Treble

Treble, a Doublet_%28linguistics%29 of "triple" or "threefold" , is used in several contexts:Music:*As a term applied in music to the high or acute part of the musical system; see clef....
 instruments and the basso continuo.

Cima died in Milan at about the age of 52. He is not to be confused with the artist Giovanni Battista Cima, called Cima da Conegliano.

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