Giovanni Paolo Cima (c. 1570 – 1630) - Italian composer and organist of the early Baroque, a contemporary of C. Monteverdi and G. Frescobaldi. Cima came from a leading family of musicians in Milan, he served as organist and head of church music in the church of
Santa Maria presso San Celso since 1595. Later in 1610, he published the collection
Concerti ecclesiastici, which includes a Mass, two
Magnificats and six sonatas for 2-4 instruments. Like his generation companion G. B. Fontana, he died during the plague epidemic in 1630.
Note
Basso continuo: Martin Perkins (courtesy of the artist)
Rovnoměrně temperované ladění = equal temperament
Středotón 1/6 koma = meantone temperament 1/6 koma
Sheet music sources
Modern edition:
Zwei Sonaten und Capriccio, Amadeus 1995
IMSLP:
Sonata for Violin and Violone
