Quirino Colombani

Quirino Colombani (Correggio, c.1668 - Rome?, 6 January 1711) was an Italian composer, and cellist. He was active in both 17th and 18th centuries. Biography Colombani was born in Correggio, but it is not known where he received his first music education. He settled in Rome and studied there with Giovanni Bicilli. His activity has been documented since 1692, when he took part as a violone player in the music for the patronal feast of S. Lorenzo in Damaso sponsored by Cardinal Ottoboni. In the Lent of 1695 he made his debut as a composer with the Latin oratorio Iahelis de Sisara triumphans (libretto by Antonio Checchi), performed in the oratory of the Crocifisso di S. Marcello. In 1696 he was a member of Francesco Maria Ruspoli’s household, as we read in the printed libretto of Latin oratorio Moysis nativitas (text by Antonio Checchi). His other oratorios were regularly performed for the same confraternity until 1702. In March 1696 he was appointed coadjutor of Giovanni Bicilli, the chapel master of S. Maria in Vallicella (the so-called Chiesa Nuova). Some of his oratories were performed at the Vallicella’s oratory: La fede trionfante nella caduta di Gerosolima (1702; libretto Pietro