Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari (27 September 1677 – 16 May 1754)[1] was an Italian musical composer and maestro di cappella (chapel-master) at Pistoia.
[2] He gained his initial grounding in musical education from his father, a violinist originally from Rome who was employed in the service of the church of the Cavalieri di S. Stefano in Pisa.
Clari was the most celebrated pupil of Colonna, maestro di cappella of S. Petronio, at Bologna.
[2] The works by which Clari distinguished himself pre-eminently are his vocal duets and trios, with a basso continuo, published between 1740 and 1747.
These compositions, which combine graceful melody with contrapuntal learning, were much admired by Luigi Cherubini.