Giuseppe Colombi (

Modena Modena (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It has 184,739 inhabitants as of 2025. A town, and seat of an archbis ...

, 1635-Modena, 27 or 29 September 1694) was an Italian musician and composer, active in the

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period. In 1674, he was named ''maestro di cappella'' for the court in Modena. In 1678, he replaced

Giovanni Maria Bononcini Giovanni Maria Bononcini (bap. 23 September 1642 – 18 November 1678) was an Italian violinist and composer, the father of a musical dynasty. In 1671 Bononcini the elder became a court musician at Modena. His treatise, ''Musico prattico'', was ...

as ''maestro'' of the

Cathedral of Modena Modena Cathedral ( but colloquially known as simply ''Duomo di Modena'') is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Modena, Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and Saint Geminianus. Formerly the seat of the Diocese, later Archdiocese, of ...

. He wrote various symphonies, sonatas, and balletti.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Colombi, Giuseppe Italian male classical composers Italian Baroque composers Musicians from Modena 1635 births 1694 deaths 17th-century Italian composers 17th-century Italian male musicians People from the Duchy of Modena and Reggio