Tullio Cima

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Tullio Cima (born August 11, 1595 in Ronciglione ; died 1678 in Vetralla) was an Italian notary, conductor and composer. Tullio Cima, son of the accademico universitario Lorenzo Cima, already lived in Rome at the age of 10 with his younger brother, where both were putto in the Cappella Pia of the Lateran Basilica . Until the end of 1612, when his voice began to break, Cima received music lessons from Kapellmeister Abundio Antonellis (around 1575; until around 1629). In 1615 he obtained a doctorate in law iuris utriusque and a notary's license. In 1625 he was briefly Kapellmeister at the Seminario Romano and at the Jesuit church Il Gesù. Tullio Cima applied unsuccessfully for several Kapellmeister positions and instead worked as a notary in Ronciglione and in Vetralla. In 1621 he married Giulia Fantozzini, who also came from a family of lawyers. Due to the fact that his notary protocols from 1621 to 1670 are preserved in the Viterbo State Archives , Cima's living conditions are better documented than those of most composers of the 17th century. Cima held numerous government offices in the service of various ducal families and the Apostolic Chamber . One of his last minutes contains a list of his published works, except for the Honesta ricreatione musicale , published in 1674. His prints were mostly financed by dedicatees, in some cases by Cima himself. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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