List of Italian composers

This is an alphabetical list of composers from Italy, whose is established by in other Wikipedia articles.

The portraits at right are ten of the most-prominent Italian composers, according to a published review.

A

• Joseph Abaco (1710–1805), born Giuseppe Marie Clément Ferdinand dall'Abaco
• Marcello Abbado (1926–2020)
• Antonio Maria Abbatini (1595after 1679)
• Girolamo Abos (1715–1760)
• Andrea Adolfati (1721/22–1760)
• Giovanni Battista Agneletti (fl. 1656–1673)
• Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (1720–1795)
• Lodovico Agostini (1534–1590)
• Paolo Agostino (c.1583–1629)
• Pirro Albergati (1663–1735)
• Domenico Alberti (c.1710–1740)
• Gasparo Alberti (c.1485c.1560)
• Innocentio Alberti (c.1535–1615)
• Ignazio Albertini (1644–1685), also known as Albertino
• Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1751), Venetian composer of opera and instrumental music, the "Adagio in G minor" is based on his works
• Vincenzo Albrici (1631–1695/96)
• Giovanni Maria Alemanni (fl. 1500–1525)
• Raffaella Aleotti (c.1570after 1646)
• Vittoria Aleotti (c.1575after 1620), Raffaella's sister or possibly the same person
• Felice Alessandri (1747–1798)
• Alessandro Alessandroni (1925–2017)
• Franco Alfano (1875–1954)
• Salvatore Allegra (1898–1993)
• Domenico Allegri (c. 1585–1629)
• Gregorio Allegri (1582–1652), composer of the famous Miserere, copied from memory on two hearings by the 14-year-old Mozart
• Giuseppe Allevi (1603 or 1604-1670)
• Filippo Amadei (fl. 1690–1730)
• Gaetano Amadeo (1824–1893)
• Marco Ambrosini (born 1964)
• Cataldo Amodei (1649–1693)
• Felice Anerio (c.1560–1614)
• Giovanni Francesco Anerio (c.1567–1630)
• Pasquale Anfossi (1727–1797)
• Giovanni Animuccia (c.1500–1571)
• Paolo Animuccia (died 1563)
• Andrea Antico (c.1480after 1538)
• Giovanni Giacomo de Antiquis (?–1608)
• Pietro Antonacci (c.1710c.1777)
• Antonello da Caserta (late 14th – early 15th century)
• Antonio da Cividale (fl. 1392–1421)
• Giuseppe Apolloni (1822–1889)
• Francesco Araja (1709–1762/70)
• Attilio Ariosti (1666–1729)
• Pietro Aron (c.1480after 1545)
• Giovanni Artusi (c.1540–1613)
• Giammateo Asola (1532 or earlier –1609)
• Caterina Assandra (c.1590after 1618)
• Gennaro Astarita (c.1745/49–1805)
• Emanuele d'Astorga (1680–1757)
• Pietro Auletta (1698–1771)
• Giuseppe Avitrano (c.1670–1756)
• Filippo Azzaiolo (c.1530/40after 1570)

B

• Ippolito Baccusi (c. 1550–1609)
• Rosa Giacinta Badalla (c. 1660c. 1710)
• Pietro Baldassare (c. 1683after 1768)
• Paolo Baltaro (born 1967)
• Adriano Banchieri (1568–1634)
• Banda Osiris (group, formed 1980)
• Emanuele Barbella (1718–1777)
• Giovanni de' Bardi (1534–1612)
• Sergio Bardotti (1939–2007)
• Leonora Baroni (1611–1670), daughter of Adriana Basile
• Francesco Barsanti (1690–1775)
• Girolamo Bartei (c. 1570c. 1618)
• Bartolino da Padova (fl. c. 1365c. 1405)
• Erasmo di Bartolo (1606–1656)
• Bartolomeo da Bologna (fl. 1405–1427)
• Bartolomeo degli Organi (1474–1539)
• Angelo Michele Bartolotti (died before 1682)
• Bruno Bartolozzi (1911–1980)
• Domenico Bartolucci (1917–2013), cardinal, director of Sistine Chapel Choir
• Pippo Barzizza (1902–1994)
• Giulio Bas (1874–1929)
• Adriana Basile (c. 1586 – c. 1650)
• Giovanni Battista Bassani (c. 1650–1716)
• Orazio Bassani (before 1570–1615), also Orazio della Viola
• Giovanni Bassano (c. 1561–1617)
• Franco Battiato (1945–2021)
• Leda Battisti (born 1971)
• Lucio Battisti (1943–1998)
• Antonio Bazzini (1818–1897)
• Giuseppe Becce (1877–1973)
• Gianni Bedori (1930–2005)
• Gianni Bella (born 1947)
• Lodovico Bellanda (c.1575after 1613)
• Vincenzo Bellavere (c.1540/41–1587)
• Domenico Belli (died 1627)
• Giulio Belli (c.15601621 or later)
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835), famous for his opera Norma
• Antonia Bembo (c. 1640 – c. 1720)
• Pietro Paolo Bencini (c. 1670–1755)
• Cesare Bendinelli (c. 1542–1617)
• Marco I. Benevento (born 1978)
• Orazio Benevoli (1605–1672)
• Luciano Berio (1925–2003), wrote Sinfonia, Un re in ascolto, and Passaggio
• Ercole Bernabei (1622–1687)
• Stefano Bernardi (c.1577–1637)
• Marcello Bernardini (1730/40c. 1799)
• Andrea Bernasconi (c. 1706–1784)
• Antonio Bertali (1605–1669)
• Giuseppe Bertini (1759–1852)
• Mario Bertoncini (1932–2019)
• Ferdinando Bertoni (1725–1813)
• Carlo Besozzi (1738–1791)
• Girolamo Besozzi (c. 1745/50–1788)
• Marco Betta (born 1964)
• Bruno Bettinelli (1913–2004)
• Giovanni Bettini ()
• Francesco Bianchi (1752–1810), also Giuseppe Francesco Bianchi
• Giovanni Bianchi (c. 1660 – after 1720)
• Giovanni Battista Bianchi (flourished 1675)
• Giovanni Battista Bianchi (flourished 1780–1782)
• Oscar Bianchi (born 1975), wrote Thanks to My Eyes
• Giovanni Battista Bianchini (after 1650–1708)
• Giancarlo Bigazzi (1940–2012)
• Umberto Bindi (1932–2002)
• Cesare Andrea Bixio (1896–1978)
• Felice Blangini (1781–1841)
• Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
• Andrea Bocelli (born 1958), co-writing credits include "Because We Believe" and "Perfect Symphony"
• Arrigo Boito (1842–1918), born Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito
• Anna Bon (c.1739after 1767)
• Valerio Bona (c.1560c.1620)
• Giacinto Bondioli (1596–1636)
• Fred Bongusto (1935–2019)
• Laura Bono (born 1979)
• Antonio Maria Bononcini (1677–1726)
• Giovanni Bononcini (1670–1747)
• Giovanni Maria Bononcini (1642–1678), father of Giovanni and Antonio
• Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672–1749)
• Pietro Borradori (born 1965)
• Costante Adolfo Bossi (1876–1953), brother of Marco Enrico Bossi
• Marco Enrico Bossi (1861–1925)
• Franciscus Bossinensis (fl. 1509–1511)
• Luigi Bottazzo (1845–1924)
• Cosimo Bottegari (1554–1620)
• Giovanni Bottesini (1821–1889)
• Giulio Cesare Brero (1908-1973)
• Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (c. 1690–1758), also Bressonelli
• Antonio Brioschi (fl. c. 1725–1750)
• Riccardo Broschi (c. 1698–1756)
• Antonio Brunelli (1577–1630)
• Gaetano Brunetti (1744–1798)
• Elisabetta Brusa (born 1954)
• Valentino Bucchi (1916–1976)
• Giovanni Battista Buonamente (c. 1595–1642)
• Paolo Buonvino (born 1970)
• Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
• Sylvano Bussotti (1931–2021)

C

• Francesca Caccini (1587c. 1641), daughter of Giulio
• Giulio Caccini (1551–1618)
• Settimia Caccini (1591c. 1638), daughter of Giulio
• Pasquale Cafaro (1715–1787)
• Antonio Caldara (1670–1736)
• Giuseppe Cambini (c.1746c.1825)
• Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751–1827)
• Fabio Campana (1819–1882)
• Bruno Canfora (1924–2017)
• Bruno Canino (born 1935)
• Enrico Cannio (1874–1949)
• Vincenzo Capirola (1474after 1548)
• Filippo Capocci (1840–1911)
• Gaetano Capocci (1811–1898)
• Claudio Capponi (born 1959)
• Matteo Capranica (1708c. 1776)
• Giovanni Paolo Capriolo (c. 1580c. 1627), also Caprioli
• Marchetto Cara (c. 1470c. 1525)
• Ezio Carabella (1891–1964)
• Michele Carafa (1787–1872)
• Matteo Carcassi (1792–1853)
• Salvatore Cardillo (1874–1947)
• Cristoforo Caresana (c.1640–1709)
• Giacomo Carissimi (1605–1674)
• Roberto Carnevale (born 1966)
• Renato Carosone (1920–2001)
• Fiorenzo Carpi (1918–1997)
• Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841)
• Giuseppe Caruso ()
• Giuseppe "Pippo" Caruso (1935–2018)
• Claudio Casciolini (1697–1760)
• Alfredo Casella (1883–1947)
• Giulio Castagnoli (born 1958)
• Bellerofonte Castaldi (1580–1649)
• Dario Castello (c. 1590c. 1658)
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968)
• Niccolò Castiglioni (1932–1996)
• Pietro Castrucci (1679–1752)
• Leonello Casucci (1885–1975)
• Maddalena Casulana (c. 1544c. 1590)
• Alfredo Catalani (1854–1893)
• Diomedes Cato (c. 1560/65after 1618)
• Emilio de' Cavalieri (1550–1602)
• Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676), born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni
• Giuseppe Cavallo (died 1684)
• Girolamo Cavazzoni (c.1525after 1577)
• Marco Antonio Cavazzoni (c. 1490c. 1560)
• Maurizio Cazzati (1616–1678)
• Carlo Cecere (1706–1761)
• Adriano Celentano (born 1938)
• Bonaventura Cerronio (fl. 1639)
• Sulpitia Cesis (1577-?)
• Antonio Cesti (1623–1669)
• Ippolito Chamaterò (late 1530s – after 1592), also known as Chamatterò di Negri, Camaterò
• Fortunato Chelleri (1690–1757), also Keller, Kelleri, Kellery, Cheler
• Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842)
• Giancarlo Chiaramello (born 1939)
• Piero Ciampi (1934–1980)
• Cesare Ciardi (1818–1877)
• Alessandro Cicognini (1906–1995)
• Antonio Cifra (c.1584–1629)
• Francesco Cilea (1866–1950)
• Giovanni Paolo Cima (c.1570–1622)
• Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801)
• Roberto Ciotti (1953–2013)
• Stelvio Cipriani (1937–2018)
• Giovanni Battista Cirri (1724–1808)
• Aldo Clementi (1925–2011)
• Muzio Clementi (1752–1832)
• Carlo Coccia (1782–1873)
• Lelio Colista (1629–1680)
• Giuseppe Colla (1731-1806)
• Giuseppe Colombi (1635–1694)
• Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637–1695)
• Giuseppe Concone (1801–1861)
• Nicola Conforto (1718–1793)
• Fabius Constable (born 1973)
• Paolo Conte (born 1937)
• Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (1681/82–1732)
• Ubaldo Continiello (1941–2014)
• Francesco Corbetta (c.1615–1681)
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
• Azio Corghi (1937–2022)
• Gaetano Coronaro (1852–1908)
• Giuseppe Corsi da Celano (1631/32–1691), also known as Celani
• Francesco Corteccia (1502–1571)
• Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602c.1676/78)
• Giovanni Croce (1557–1609)
• Toto Cutugno (1943–2023)

D

• Luca D'Alberto (born 1983)
• Lucio Dalla (1943–2012)
• Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675–1742)
• Girolamo Dalla Casa (died 1601), also known as Hieronymo de Udene
• Luigi Dallapiccola (1904–1975), composer of Il prigioniero
• Marco Dall'Aquila (c. 1480after 1538)
• Domenico Dall'Oglio (c. 1700–1764)
• Joan Ambrosio Dalza (fl. 1508)
• Nino D'Angelo (born 1957)
• Pino Daniele (1955–2015)
• Giovanni D'Anzi (1906–1974)
• Nicola d'Arienzo (1842–1915)
• Padre Davide da Bergamo (1791–1863), born Felice Moretti
• Cecilia Dazzi (born 1969)
• Fabrizio De André (1940–1999)
• Guido De Angelis (born 1944)
• Maurizio De Angelis (born 1947), brother of Guido
• Anthony de Countie (died 1579)
• Ernesto De Curtis (1875–1937)
• Nicola De Giosa (1819–1885)
• Francesco de Layolle (or dell'Aiolle) (1492c. 1540)
• Riccardo Del Turco (born 1939)
• Fernando De Luca (born 1961)
• Francesco De Masi (1930–2005)
• Fabrizio Dentice (c. 1539c. 1581)
• Luigi Dentice (c. 1510–1566)
• Scipione Dentice (1560–1633), grandson of Luigi, nephew of Fabrizio
• Luigi Denza (1846–1922), Neapolitan song composer of Funiculì, FuniculÃÂ
• Manuel De Peppe (born 1970)
• Manuel De Sica (1949–2014)
• Christian De Walden (born 1946)
• Eduardo Di Capua (1865–1917)
• Girolamo Diruta (c. 1554after 1610)
• Salvatore Di Vittorio (born 1967)
• Pino Donaggio (born 1941)
• Baldassare Donato (1525/30–1603), also known as Donati
• Donato da Cascia (fl. c. 1350–1370)
• Franco Donatoni (1927–2000)
• Stefano Donaudy (1879–1925)
• Carlo Donida (1920–1998)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848), opera composer, known for Lucia di Lammermoor and L'elisir d'amore among others
• Girolamo Donnini ( - died 1752)
• Paolo Dossena (born 1942)
• Antonio Draghi (c. 1634–1700)
• Giovanni Battista Draghi (c. 1640–1708), not the later namesake known as Pergolesi
• Domenico Dragonetti (1763–1846)
• Egidio Duni (1708–1775)
• Francesco Durante (1684–1755)

E

• Ludovico Einaudi (born 1955)
• Sergio Endrigo (1933–2005)
• Michele Esposito (1855–1929)
• Franco Evangelisti (1926–1980)

F

• Giovanni Matteo Faà di Bruno ()
• Franco Faccio (1840–1891)
• Giacomo Facco (1676–1753)
• Michelangelo Faggioli (1666–1733)
• Nicola Fago (1677–1745)
• Mirko Fait (born 1965)
• Michele de Falco (c. 1688after 1732)
• Andrea Falconieri (1585/86–1656), also known as Falconiero
• Michelangelo Falvetti (1642–1692)
• Guido Alberto Fano (1875–1961)
• Carlo Farina (c. 1600–1639)
• Giuseppe Farinelli (1769–1836), born Giuseppe Francesco Finco
• Giovanni Battista Fasolo (c. 1598after 1664)
• Alfio Fazio (born 1959)
• Ivan Fedele (born 1953)
• Fedele Fenaroli (1730–1818)
• Francesco Feo (1691–1761)
• Giuseppe Ferlendis (1755–1810)
• Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder (1543–1588)
• Domenico Ferrabosco (1513–1574)
• Giovanni Battista Ferrandini (c. 1710–1791)
• Benedetto Ferrari (c. 1603–1681)
• Carlotta Ferrari (1831–1907)
• Domenico Ferrari (1722–1780)
• Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951)
• Gianni Ferrio (1924–2013)
• Costanzo Festa (c. 1485/90–1545)
• Sebastiano Festa (c. 1490/95–1524)
• Nico Fidenco (1933–2022), also known as Domenico Colarossi
• Francesco Filidei (born 1973)
• Gino Filippini (1900–1962)
• Giacomo Finetti (?–1630)
• Aldo Finzi (1897–1945)
• Valentino Fioravanti (1764–1837)
• Vincenzo Fioravanti (1799–1877), son of Valentino
• Nicola Fiorenza (after 1700 –1764)
• Ignazio Fiorillo (1715–1787)
• Matteo Fischetti (1830–1887)
• Pietro Floridia (1860–1932)
• Francesco Florimo (1800–1888)
• Antonio Florio (born 1956)
• Francesco Foggia (1603–1688)
• Giacomo Fogliano (1468–1548)
• Giovanni Battista Fontana (c. 1580/89c. 1630)
• Jimmy Fontana (1934–2013), born Enrico Sbriccoli
• Alfonso Fontanelli (1557–1622)
• Zucchero Fornaciari (born 1955)
• Alberto Fortis (born 1955)
• Giovanni Paolo Foscarini (c. 1600after 1649)
• Ivano Fossati (born 1951)
• Armando Fragna (1898–1972)
• Petronio Franceschini (1651–1680)
• Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543)
• Luca Francesconi (born 1956)
• Alberto Franchetti (1860–1942)
• Massimiliano Frani (born 1967)
• Vito Frazzi (1888–1975)
• Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643), organist at St. Peter's Basilica and widely influential keyboard composer
• Fabio Frizzi (born 1951)
• Francesco Paolo Frontini (1860–1939)
• Martino Frontini (1827–1909)
• Adolfo Fumagalli (1828–1856), one of several composer brothers
• Disma Fumagalli (1826–1893), one of several composer brothers
• Luca Fumagalli (1837–1908), one of several composer brothers
• Polibio Fumagalli (1830–1900), one of several composer brothers
• Giovanni Fusco (1906–1968)

G

• Michele Gabellone (1692–1740), also Cabalone, etc.
• Andrea Gabrieli (c. 1533–1585), uncle of Giovanni
• Giovanni Gabrieli (1557–1612), composer and organist
• Domenico Gabrielli (1651–1690)
• Franchinus Gaffurius (1451–1522), also Franchino Gaffurio
• Marco da Gagliano (1582–1643)
• Michelagnolo Galilei (1575–1631), brother of Galileo
• Vincenzo Galilei (c. 1520–1591), father of Galileo
• Giuseppe Galli ()
• Domenico Gallo (1730c. 1768)
• Giovanni Pietro Gallo ()
• Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785)
• Giuseppe Garibaldi (1819–1908), a younger namesake of Italy's founder
• Giuseppe Gariboldi (1833–1905)
• Carlo Giorgio Garofalo (1886–1962)
• Giorgio Gaslini (1929–2014)
• Francesco Gasparini (1661–1727)
• Quirino Gasparini (1721–1778)
• Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (c. 1554–1609)
• Luigi Gatti (1740–1817)
• Roberto Gatto (born 1958)
• Vittorio Gelmetti (1926–1992)
• Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762)
• Pietro Generali (1773–1832)
• Ignazio Gerusalemme (1707–1769)
• Carlo Gesualdo (1566–1613), chromatic madrigalist, nobleman, killer
• Giorgio Ghedini (1892–1965)
• Gherardello da Firenze (c. 1320/251362/63)
• Giuseppe Gherardeschi (1759–1815)
• Benedetto Ghiglia (1921–2012)
• Giovanni Ghizzolo (c. 1580c. 1625)
• Geminiano Giacomelli (1692–1740)
• Antonio Giannettini (1648–1721)
• Jacopo Gianninoto (born 1973)
• Bernardo Gianoncelli (died c. 1650)
• Felice Giardini (1716–1796)
• Remo Giazotto (1910–1998)
• Marcello Giombini (1928–2003)
• Carmine Giordani (c. 1685–1758)
• Giuseppe Giordani (1751–1798)
• Tommaso Giordani (c. 1730–1806)
• Umberto Giordano (1867–1948)
• Giovanni Giorgi (c. 1700–1762)
• Giovanni da Cascia (14th century)
• Giovannini (composer) ()
• Pietro Antonio Giramo (fl. 1619c. 1630)
• Mauro Giuliani (1781–1829), virtuoso guitarist and composer
• Simone Giuliani (born 1973)
• Goblin (group, formed 1972), previously named Oliver and Cherry Five
• Franco Godi (born 1940)
• Roberto Goitre (1927–1980)
• Lallo Gori (1927–1982)
• Sandro Gorli (born 1948)
• Enzo Gragnaniello (born 1954)
• Giovanni Battista Granata (1620/21–1687)
• Alessandro Grandi (1586–1630)
• Gaetano Greco (c.1657c.1728)
• Lucio Gregoretti (born 1961)
• Giovanni Lorenzo Gregori (1663–1745)
• Giovanni Battista Grillo (late 16th century–1622)
• Niccolò Grillo (fl. 1720s)
• Carlo Grossi (c. 1634–1688)
• Gioseffo Guami (1542–1611)
• Emilia Gubitosi (1887–1972)
• Andrea Guerra (born 1961)
• Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (1728–1804)
• Cesario Gussago (fl. 1599–1612)

H

• Hoste da Reggio (c. 1520–1569), also known as L'Hoste, L'Osto, Oste, Bartolomeo Torresano

I

• Sigismondo d'India (c. 1582–1629)
• Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (c. 1535/36–1592)
• Carlo Innocenzi (1899–1962)
• Giacomo Insanguine (1728–1793)
• Enrico Intra (born 1935)
• Paolo Isnardi (c. 1536–1596)
• Ivan Iusco (born 1970)

J

• Giuseppe Maria Jacchini (1667–1727)
• Jacopo da Bologna (fl. 1340c. 1386)
• Enzo Jannacci (1935–2013)
• Giuseppe Jannacconi (1740–1816)
• Niccolò Jommelli (1714–1774)

K

• Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (c. 1580–1651), also known as Johann(es) Hieronymus Kapsberger or Giovanni Geronimo Kapsperger
• Ernesto Köhler (1849–1907)
• Gorni Kramer (1913–1995)

L

• Giovanni Battista Lampugnani (c. 1708–1786)
• Stefano Landi (c. 1586–1639)
• Carlo Alessandro Landini (born 1954)
• Francesco Landini (c. 1325/35–1397), also known as Landino, degli Organi, il Cieco, or da Firenze
• Salvatore Lanzetti (c. 1710c. 1780)
• Gaetano Latilla (1711–1788)
• Felice Lattuada (1882–1962)
• Bruno Lauzi (1937–2006)
• Angelo Francesco Lavagnino (1909–1987)
• Luigi Legnani (1790–1877)
• Giovanni Legrenzi (1626–1690)
• Stefano Lentini (born 1974)
• Leonardo Leo (1694–1744)
• Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
• Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858–1919), composer of the tragic opera, Pagliacci
• Giovanni Battista Leonetti ()
• Leone Leoni (c. 1560–1627)
• Giuseppe Liberto (born 1943)
• Francesco Libetta (born 1968)
• Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori (1696–1787), bishop, saint, composer of Tu scendi dalle stelle
• Giuseppe Lillo (1814–1863)
• Roberto Livraghi (born 1937)
• Mimmo Locasciulli (born 1949)
• Pietro Locatelli (1695–1764)
• Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino (1698c. 1765)
• Antonio Lolli (c. 1725–1802)
• Carlo Ambrogio Lonati (c. 1645c. 1712), also Lunati
• Alessandro Longo (1864–1945)
• Paolo Lorenzani (1640–1713)
• Lorenzo da Firenze (d. 1372/73)
• Antonio Lotti (1667–1740)
• Andrea Lo Vecchio (1942–2021)
• Andrea Luchesi (1741–1801)
• Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier (c. 1662–1700), nicknamed Giovannino del Violone (Little John of the Violin)
• Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687), born Giovanni Battista Lulli
• Filippo de Lurano (c. 1475after 1520), also known as Luprano, Lorano
• Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c. 1545–1607)

M

• Teodulo Mabellini (1817–1897)
• Bruno Maderna (1920–1973), composer of Satyricon (opera)
• Enrico Mainardi (1897–1976)
• Giorgio Mainerio (c.1530/40–1582)
• Stefano Mainetti (born 1957)
• Gian Francesco de Majo (1732–1770)
• Giuseppe de Majo (1697–1771)
• Maurizio Malagnini (born c. 1984)
• Enzo Malepasso (1954–2009)
• Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882–1973)
• Riccardo Malipiero (1914–2003)
• Cristofano Malvezzi (1547–1599)
• Luigi Mancinelli (1848–1921)
• Francesco Mancini (1672–1737)
• Francesco Manelli (c. 1595–1667)
• Francesco Manfredini (1684–1762)
• Vincenzo Manfredini (1737–1799)
• Nicola Antonio Manfroce (1791–1813)
• Giuseppe Mango (1954–2014)
• Gennaro Manna (1715–1779)
• Carlo Mannelli (1640–1697)
• Franco Mannino (1924–2005)
• Alessandro Marcello (1669–1747), composer of the famous Oboe Concerto in D minor
• Benedetto Marcello (1686–1739), brother of Alessandro
• Fermo Dante Marchetti (1876–1940)
• Gianni Marchetti (1933–2012)
• Lele Marchitelli (born 1955)
• Giovanni Marciani (c. 1605 – c. 1663)
• Rita Marcotulli (born 1959)
• Luca Marenzio (c. 1553–1599), composer of approximately 500 madrigals
• Dario Marianelli (born 1963)
• Detto Mariano (1937–2020)
• Marco Marinangeli (born 1965)
• Biagio Marini (1594–1663)
• Gino Marinuzzi (1882–1945)
• E. A. Mario (1884–1961), born Giovanni Gaeta
• Augusto Martelli (1940–2014)
• Enrico Martinelli (1852–1922)
• Giulio Cesare Martinengo (c. 1564/68–1613)
• Giovanni Battista Martini (1706–1784)
• Giuseppe Martucci (1856–1909)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945), opera composer, known for Cavalleria rusticana
• Michele Mascitti (1664–1760)
• Tiburtio Massaino (before 1550after 1608), also Massaini and Tiburzio
• Pino Massara (1931–2013)
• Domenico Massenzio (1586–1657)
• Tito Mattei (1839–1914)
• Nicola Matteis (fl. c. 1670after 1714), also Matheis
• Matteo da Perugia (fl. 1400–1416)
• Claudio Mattone (born 1943)
• Ascanio Mayone (c. 1565–1627)
• Gianni Mazza (born 1944)
• Domenico Mazzocchi (1592–1665)
• Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597–1646), brother of Domenico
• Antonio Maria Mazzoni (1717–1785)
• Giuseppe Mazza (1806–1885)
• Giovanni Mazzuoli (c. 1360–1426)
• Alessandro Melani (1639–1703)
• Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007)
• Saverio Mercadante (1795–1870)
• Tarquinio Merula (1595–1665)
• Claudio Merulo (1533–1604)
• Franco Micalizzi (born 1939)
• Giorgio Miceli (1836–1895)
• Amedeo Minghi (born 1947)
• Ambrogio Minoja (1752–1825)
• Domenico Modugno (1928–1994)
• Simone Molinaro (c. 1565–1615)
• Francesco Molino (1775–1847), also known as François Molino
• David Monacchi (born 1970)
• Antonio Montanari (1676–1737)
• Lodovico Monte
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643), best known for his pioneering opera Orfeo
• Gaetano Monti (c. 1750c. 1816)
• Vittorio Monti (1868–1922)
• Carlo Ignazio Monza (c. 1680–1739)
• Giovanni Morandi (1777–1856)
• Giovanni Moretti (1807–1884)
• Guido Morini (born 1959)
• Francesco Morlacchi (1784–1841)
• Luigi Morleo (born 1970)
• Giorgio Moroder (born 1940), pop songwriter with three Academy Awards and four Grammy Awards
• Andrea Morricone (born 1964), film composer, son of Ennio
• Ennio Morricone (1928–2020), prolific film composer with two Academy Awards and four Grammy Awards
• Virgilio Mortari (1902–1993)
• Luigi Mosca (1775–1824)
• Giovanni Mossi (c. 1680?–1742)
• Emilio Munda (born 1982)

N

• Giovanni Bernardino Nanino (c. 1560–1623)
• Giovanni Maria Nanino (1543/44–1607), also Nanini
• Gianna Nannini (born 1954)
• Pietro Nardini (1722–1793)
• Mario Nascimbene (1913–2002)
• Mariella Nava (born 1960)
• Marcantonio Negri (?–1624)
• Giovanni Cesare Netti (1649–1686)
• Niccolò da Perugia (later 14th century)
• Bruno Nicolai (1926–1991)
• Giuseppe Nicolini (1762–1842)
• Riccardo Nielsen (1908–1982)
• Piero Niro (born 1957)
• Giovanni Domenico da Nola (c. 1510/20–1592), also known as Nolla
• Luigi Nono (1924–1990)
• Michele Novaro (1818–1885), composed national anthem of the current Italian Republic
• Emanuele Nutile (1862–1932)

O

• Giuseppe Olivieri ()
• Nino Oliviero (1918–1980)
• Giacomo Orefice (1865–1922)
• Ferdinando Orlandi (1774–1848)
• Nora Orlandi (born 1933)
• Alessandro Orologio (1550–1633)
• Riz Ortolani (1926–2014)

P

• Antonio Maria Pacchioni (1654–1738)
• Giorgio Pacchioni (born 1947)
• Daniele Pace (1935–1985)
• Roy Paci (born 1969)
• Pacifico (born 1964), stage name of Luigi De Crescenzo
• Giovanni Pacini (1796–1867)
• Annibale Padovano (1527–1575)
• Ferdinando Paer (1771–1839)
• Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840), virtuoso violinist and composer, wrote the 24 Caprices for violin
• Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816)
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525–1594), Renaissance master of polyphonic church music
• Benedetto Pallavicino (c.1551–1601)
• Antonio Pampani (c. 1705–1775)
• Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi [Mealli] (1624c. 1687)
• Paolo Pandolfo (born 1964)
• Gino Paoli (1934–2026)
• Paolo da Firenze (c.1355c.1436)
• Girolamo Parabosco (c. 1524–1557)
• Pietro Domenico Paradisi (1707–1791)
• Susanna Parigi (born 1961)
• Antonio Pasculli (1842–1924)
• Bernardo Pasquini (1637–1710)
• Carlo Pedini (born 1956)
• Teodorico Pedrini (1671–1746)
• Arrigo Pedrollo (1878–1964)
• Carlo Pedrotti (1817–1893)
• Danilo Pennone (born 1963)
• Peppino di Capri (born 1939), born Giuseppe Faiella
• Davide Perez (1711–1778)
• Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736), born Giovanni Battista Draghi
• Achille Peri (1812–1880)
• Jacopo Peri (1561–1633), composer of the first opera (Dafne) and first surviving opera (Euridice)
• Lorenzo Perosi (1872–1956)
• Marziano Perosi (1875–1959), brother of Lorenzo
• Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661–1756)
• Maria Xaveria Perucona (c. 1652after 1709), also Parruccona
• Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c.1704–1766)
• Michele Pesenti (c.1470after 1524)
• Alberto Pestalozza (1851–1934)
• Goffredo Petrassi (1904–2003)
• Giuseppe Petrini
• Pietro Pettoletti (c. 1795c. 1870)
• Max Pezzali (born 1967)
• Riccardo Piacentini (born 1958)
• Carlo Alfredo Piatti (1822–1901)
• Giovanni Picchi (1571/72–1643)
• Alessandro Piccinini (1566c. 1638)
• Niccolò Piccinni (1728–1800)
• Piero Piccioni (1921–2004)
• Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli (1882–1949)
• Maestro Piero (before 1300c. 1350)
• Franco Piersanti (born 1950)
• Giuseppe Pietri (1886–1946)
• Giusto Pio (1926–2017)
• Nicola Piovani (born 1946)
• Bernardo Pisano (1490–1548)
• Berto Pisano (1928–2002)
• Franco Pisano (1922–1977), brother of Berto
• Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657–1743)
• Francesco Piu (born 1981)
• Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968), opera composer best known for Assassinio nella cattedrale
• Emilio Pizzi (1861–1940)
• Maria Luigia Pizzoli (1817–1838)
• Pietro Platania (1828–1907)
• Giovanni Benedetto Platti (c.1697–1763)
• Gianfranco Plenizio (1941–2017)
• Alessandro Poglietti (early 17th century–1683)
• Pier Paolo Polcari (born 1969)
• Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886), Romantic opera composer known for La Gioconda
• Nicola Porpora (1686–1768), Baroque opera composer
• Giuseppe Porsile (1680–1750)
• Costanzo Porta (1528/29–1601)
• Giovanni Porta (c. 1675–1755)
• Gasparo Pratoneri (fl. 1556/59), nicknamed Spirito da Reggio
• Luca Antonio Predieri (1688–1767)
• Roberto Pregadio (1928–2010)
• Pino Presti (born 1943)
• Paola Prestini (born 1975)
• Giovanni Priuli (c. 1575–1626)
• Marieta Morosina Priuli (fl. 1665)
• Roberto Procaccini (born 1971)
• Teresa Procaccini (born 1934)
• Ignazio Prota (1690–1748)
• Francesco Provenzale (1624–1704)
• Oscar Prudente (born 1944)
• Domenico Puccini (1772–1815), grandson and grandfather of namesake composers Giacomo Puccini
• Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), late Romantic opera composer (La bohème, Tosca, Turandot, Madama Butterfly)
• Giacomo Puccini (senior) (1712–1781), great-great-grandfather of namesake opera composer
• Gaetano Pugnani (1731–1798)

Q

• Paolo Quagliati (c. 1555–1628)
• Lucia Quinciani (c. 1566, fl. 1611)

R

• Pietro Raimondi (1786–1853)
• Giacomo Rampini (1680–1760), and namesake nephew (d. 1811)
• Matteo Rampollini (1497–1553)
• Virgilio Ranzato (1883–1937)
• Renato Rascel (1912–1991)
• Oreste Ravanello (1871–1938)
• Gino Redi (1908–1962), born Luigi Pulci, also credited as P.G. Redi
• Licinio Refice (1883–1954)
• Tony Renis (born 1938), born Elio Cesari
• Paolo Renosto (1935–1988)
• Elsa Respighi (1894–1996), born Elsa Olivieri-Sangiacomo, wife of Ottorino
• Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936), known for his symphonic poems The Fountains of Rome and The Pines of Rome
• Gian Franco Reverberi (born 1934)
• Gian Piero Reverberi (born 1939), brother of Gian Franco
• Giovanni Battista Riccio (late 16th centuryafter 1621), also known as Giambattista Riccio
• Vittorio Rieti (1898–1994), composer of Barabau
• Giovanni Antonio Rigatti (c. 1613–1648)
• Rinaldo di Capua (c.1705c.1780)
• Giovanni Alberto Ristori (1692–1753)
• Andrea Rocca (born 1969)
• Rocco Rodio (c.1535after 1615)
• Francesco Rognoni (late 16th centuryafter 1626), son of Riccardo
• Riccardo Rognoni (c.1550before 1620), also Richardo Rogniono
• Alessandro Rolla (1757–1841)
• Antonio Rolla (1798–1837), born Giuseppe Antonio Rolla, son of Alessandro
• Fausto Romitelli (1963–2004)
• Lucia Ronchetti (born 1963)
• Stefano Ronchetti-Monteviti (1814–1882)
• Renzo Rossellini (1908–1982)
• Camilla de Rossi (fl. 1707–1710)
• Giuseppe de Rossi (born mid 17th-century - died c. 1719-1720)
• Giovanni Rossi (1828–1886)
• Giovanni Battista Rossi ()
• Giovanni Maria de Rossi (c. 1522–1590)
• Luigi Rossi (c.1597–1653)
• Michelangelo Rossi (1601/02–1656)
• Salamone Rossi (c.1570–1630)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868), best known for The Barber of Seville and overtures to other operas such as William Tell
• Nino Rota (1911–1979)
• Giovanni Rovetta (1596–1668)
• Francesco Rovigo (1540/41–1597)
• Ernesto Rubin de Cervin (1936–2013)
• Bonaventura Rubino (c.1600–1668)
• Vincenzo Ruffo (c.1508–1587)
• Claudia Rusca (1593–1676)
• Giacomo Rust (1741–1786), also Rusti
• Paolo Rustichelli (born 1953)
• Giovanni Marco Rutini (1723–1797)
• Renzo Vitale - Italian composer

S

• Victor de Sabata (1892–1967)
• Nicola Sabatino (1705–1796)
• Nicola Sabini (c. 1675 – 1705)
• Antonio Sabino (1591–1650)
• Francesco Sabino (1620–?)
• Giovanni Maria Sabino (1588–1649)
• Antonio Sacchini (1730–1786)
• Nicola Sala (1713–1801)
• Antonio Salieri (1750–1825)
• Giovanni Salvatore (c.1620c.1688)
• Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c.1700–1775)
• Giuseppe Sammartini (1695–1750)
• Giovanni Felice Sances (c. 1600–1679), also known as Sancies, Sanci, Sanes, Sanchez
• Antonia Sarcina (born 1963)
• Domenico Sarro (1679–1744)
• Giuseppe Sarti (1729–1802)
• Francesco Sartori (born 1957)
• Antonio Sartorio (1630–1680)
• Carlo Savina (1919–2002)
• Virgilio Savona (1919–2009)
• Rosario Scalero (1870–1954), also Natale Rosario Scalero
• Antonio Scandello (1517–1580)
• Giuseppe Scarani ()
• Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725), father of Pietro and Domenico, brother of Francesco, uncle or grand-uncle of Giuseppe
• Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757), influential in the development of the Classical style
• Francesco Scarlatti (1666c. 1741)
• Giuseppe Scarlatti (1718/23–1777)
• Pietro Filippo Scarlatti (1679–1750)
• Giacinto Scelsi (1905–1988)
• Salvatore Sciarrino (born 1947)
• Flavio Emilio Scogna (born 1956)
• Giovanni Maria Scorzuto ()
• Giulio Segni (1498–1561), also Julio Segni or Julio da Modena
• Nello Segurini (1910–1988)
• Giuseppe Sellitti (1700–1777), also Sellitto
• Kristian Sensini (born 1976)
• Renato Serio (born 1946)
• Paolo Serrao (1830–1907)
• Claudia Sessa (c. 1570c. 1617/19)
• Giovanni Sgambati (1841–1914)
• Louis Siciliano (born 1975), also ALUEI
• Carlo Siliotto (born 1950)
• Achille Simonetti (1857–1928), violinist and composer
• Claudio Simonetti (born 1952)
• Enrico Simonetti (1924–1978), father of Claudio
• Leone Sinigaglia (1868–1944)
• Giuseppe Sinopoli (1946–2001)
• Maddalena Laura Sirmen (1745–1818), born Maddalena Laura Lombardini
• Camillo Sivori (1815–1894), also Ernesto Camillo Sivori
• Umberto Smaila (born 1950)
• Roberto Soffici (born 1946)
• Giovanni Sollima (born 1962)
• Giovanni Battista Somis (1686–1763), violinist and composer, brother of Lorenzo
• Francesco Soriano (1548/49–1621)
• Vincenzo Spampinato (born 1953)
• Francesco Spinacino (fl. 1507)
• Gaspare Spontini (1774–1851)
• Annibale Stabile (c.1535–1595), Roman School composer, pupil of Palestrina
• Agostino Steffani (1653–1728)
• Scipione Stella (1558/59–1622)
• Bernardo Storace (fl. 1664)
• Alessandro Stradella (1639–1682)
• Feliciano Strepponi (1797–1832), opera composer, father of Giuseppina Strepponi
• Alessandro Striggio (c. 1536/37–1592)
• Marco Stroppa (born 1959)
• Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677)

T

• Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770), famous for the Devil's Trill Sonata
• Pierantonio Tasca (1858–1934)
• Giuliano Taviani (born 1969)
• Giovanni Tebaldini (1864–1952)
• Vince Tempera (born 1946)
• Luigi Tenco (1938–1967)
• Carlo Tessarini (1690–1766)
• Giovanni Angelo Testagrossa (1470–1530)
• Camillo Togni (1922–1993)
• Luigi Tomasini (1741–1808)
• Andrea Tonoli (Born 1991)
• Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709)
• Pietro Torri (c. 1650–1737)
• Giuseppe Felice Tosi (1619–1693)
• Pier Francesco Tosi (1653/54–1732)
• Paolo Tosti (1846–1916)
• Antonio Tozzi (1736–1812)
• Umberto Tozzi (born 1952)
• Giovanni Maria Trabaci (c. 1575–1647)
• Tommaso Traetta (1727–1779)
• Giuseppe Tricarico (1623–1697)
• Giacomo Tritto (1733–1824)
• Ascanio Trombetti (1544-1590)
• Bartolomeo Tromboncino (c. 1470c. 1535), trombonist, frottolist, murderer
• Armando Trovajoli (1917–2013)
• Gerardina Trovato (born 1967)
• Francesco Turini (c. 1595–1656)

U

• Marco Uccellini (1603/10–1680)
• Vincenzo Ugolini (c. 1580–1638)
• Piero Umiliani (1926–2001)
• Francesco Antonio Urio (1631/32c. 1719)
• Gennaro Ursino (1650–1715)
• Francesco Usper (or Sponga) (1561–1641)
• Teo Usuelli (1920–2009)
• Francesco Uttini (1723–1795)

V

• Nicola Vaccai (1790–1848), also Vaccaj
• Antonio Valente (fl. 1565–80)
• Giovanni Valentini (c. 1582–1649)
• Giovanni Valentini (c. 1750–1804)
• Giuseppe Valentini (1681–1753)
• Celso Valli (born 1950)
• Francesco Antonio Vallotti (1697–1780)
• Ivan Vandor (1932–2020)
• Orazio Vecchi (1550–1605)
• Gaetano Veneziano (1665–1716)
• Antonio Veracini (1659–1733)
• Francesco Maria Veracini (1690–1768)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901), opera composer best known for Rigoletto, Nabucco, Aida and La traviata
• Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560–1627)
• Edoardo Vianello (born 1938)
• Nicola Vicentino (1511–1575/76)
• Vincenzo da Rimini (14th century)
• Leonardo Vinci (1690–1730)
• Francesco dalla Viola (died 1568)
• Giovanni Viotti (1755–1824), Classical era violin teacher whose music was later praised by Brahms
• Carlo Virzì (born 1972)
• Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632–1692)
• Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663–1745)
• Franco Vittadini (1884–1948)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741), wrote over 600 concerti, including The Four Seasons
• Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani (1638c. 1693)
• Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590–1662)
• Roman Vlad (1919–2013), Italian composer, pianist, and musicologist of Romanian birth

W

• Nicola van Westerhout (1857–1898)
• Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876–1948)

Y

• Pietro Yon (1886–1943)

Z

• Antonio Zacara da Teramo (1350/60 – 1413/16)
• Lodovico Zacconi (1555–1627)
• Nicolaus Zacharie (c. 14001466)
• Mario Zafred (1922–1987)
• Giovanni Zamboni (c. 1664c. 1721)
• Bruno Zambrini (born 1935)
• Aidan Zammit (born 1965)
• Riccardo Zandonai (1883–1944)
• Gasparo Zanetti (c. 1600–1660)
• Andrea Zani (1696–1757)
• Uberto Zanolli (1917–1994)
• Gioseffo Zarlino (1517–1590)
• Lorenzo Zavateri (1690–1764)
• Marc'Antonio Ziani (c. 1653–1715)
• Pietro Andrea Ziani (1616–1684)
• Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752–1837)
• Domenico Zipoli (1688–1726)
• Matteo Zocarini (fl. 1740)
• Carlo Zuccari (1703–1792)
• Diego Zucchinetti (18th century)
• Guglielmo Zuelli (1859–1941]

References