List of Italian composers
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[edit] Born 1450–1650
- Bartolomeo Tromboncino (c.1470–c.1535) Composer of frottola, favored of Isabella d'Este; murdered his wife
- Andrea Gabrieli (c.1510–1595), uncle of Giovanni
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525–1594)
- Annibale Stabile (c.1535–1595), Roman School composer, pupil of Palestrina
- Florentio Maschera (1540–1584)
- Emilio de' Cavalieri (1550-1602)
- Giovanni Gabrieli (1557–1612)
- Carlo Gesualdo (1566–1613) Chromatic madrigalist, nobleman, murderer
- Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643), member of the Florentine Camerata, who are generally credited with inventing the modern opera, best known for his Orfeo, also wrote several books of madrigals
- Salamone Rossi (c.1570–1630) Jewish composer of the early Baroque
- Gregorio Allegri (1582–1652), composer of the famous Miserere, copied from memory on two hearings by the 14-year-old Mozart
- Stefano Landi (c.1586–1639)
- Domenico Mazzocchi (1592–1665)
- Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597–1646)
- Luigi Rossi (c.1597–1653)
- Giacomo Carissimi (1605–1674)
- Marco Mazzazzoli (c.1605–1662)
- Antonio Cesti (1623–1669)
- Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687)
- Bernardo Pasquini (1637–1710)
- Ignazio Albertini (1644–1685)
[edit] Born 1650–1750
- Domenico Gabrielli (1651–1690)
- Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
- Agostino Steffani (1653–1728)
- Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709)
- Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725)
- Antonio Caldara (1670–1736)
- Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1751)
- Tommaso Redi (c.1675–1738)
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) Famous Venetian instrumental and opera composer
- Giuseppe Valentini (1681–1753)
- Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
- Giovanni Battista Somis (1686–1763), violinist and composer, one of a family ([1])
- Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770), famous for the Devil's Trill Sonata
- Pietro Locatelli (1695–1764)
- Giuseppe Sammartini (1695–1750)
- Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c.1700–1775)
- Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785)
- Domenico Alberti (c.1710–1740)
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736)
- Niccolò Jommelli (1714–1774)
- Pasquale Anfossi (1727–1797)
- Tommaso Traetta (1727–1779)
- Niccolò Piccinni (1728–1800)
- Antonio Sacchini (1730–1786)
- Gaetano Pugnani (1731–1798)
- Anna Bon (1740–?)
- Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816)
- Andrea Luchesi (1741–1801)
- Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
- Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801)
[edit] Born 1750-1900
- Antonio Salieri (1750–1825)
- Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751–1827)
- Muzio Clementi (1752–1832)
- Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824), violinist and composer whose music was later praised by Brahms
- Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842)
- Gaspare Spontini (1774–1851)
- Mauro Giuliani (1781–1829)
- Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)
- Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868)
- Saverio Mercadante (1795–1870)
- Giovanni Pacini (1796–1867)
- Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)
- Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835)
- Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
- Giuseppe Apolloni (1822–1889)
- Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886)
- Arrigo Boito (1842–1918)
- Giovanni Sgambati (1843–1914)
- Luigi Denza (1846–1922), composer of Funiculì, Funiculà
- Alfredo Catalani (1854–1893)
- Giuseppe Martucci (1856–1909)
- Ruggero Leoncavallo (1858–1919)
- Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), Romantic era opera composer (Tosca)
- Pietro Floridia (1860–1932) ([2])
- Alberto Franchetti (1860–1942)
- Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945)
- Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
- Francesco Cilea (1866–1950)
- Umberto Giordano (1867–1948)
- Vittorio Monti (1868–1922)
- Franco Alfano (1875–1954)
- Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
- Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968)
- Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882–1973)
- Alfredo Casella (1883–1947)
- Riccardo Zandonai (1883–1944)
- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968)
- Stefano Donaudy (1879 - 1925)
[edit] Born 1900–
- Luigi Dallapiccola (1904–1975)
- Goffredo Petrassi (1904–2003)
- Nino Rota (1911–1979)
- Riccardo Malipiero (1914–2003)
- Luciano Berio (1925–2003)
- Aldo Clementi (born 1925)
- Franco Donatoni (1927–2000)
- Fabrizio De Rossi Re (born 1960)
- Ennio Morricone (born 1928)
- Sylvano Bussotti (born 1931)
- Francesco Pennisi (1934–2000)
- Azio Corghi (born 1937)
- Gian Paolo Chiti (born 1939)
- Ivan Fedele (born 1957)
- Carlo Pedini (born 1956)
- Michele Dall'Ongaro (born 1957)
- Alessandro Sbordoni (born 1948)
- Ada Gentile (born 1947)
- Giacinto Scelsi (1908-1988)
- Domenico Guaccero (1927-1984)
- Mauro Bortolotti (born 1926)
- Bruno Maderna (1920-1973)
- Luigi Nono (1924-1990)
- Giorgio Battistelli (born 1953)
- Carlo Galante (born 1959)
- Stefano Taglietti (born 1965)
- Giancarlo Menotti (born 1911-2007)
- Fernando Mencherini (born 1949-1997)
- Niccolò Castiglioni (born 1932-1996)
- Camillo Togni (born 1922-1993)
- Salvatore Sciarrino (born 1947)
- Mario Garuti (born 1957)
- Federico Incardona (1958–2006)
- Giovanni Sollima (born 1962), composer and cellist
- Andrea Molino (born 1964) [1]
- Roberto Carnevale (born 1966)
- Cesare Valentini (born 1967)
- Graziella Concas (born 1970)
- Mauro Campagnoli (born 1975)
- Vittorio Fellegara (born 1927)
- Egisto Macchi (1928-1992)
- Fausto Romitelli (1963-2004)
- Lino Liviabella (1902-1964)
- Carlo Boccadoro (born 1963)
- Matteo D'Amico (born 1955)
- Fabio Vacchi (born 1949)
- Stefano Donaudy (died 1925)
[edit] References
- ^ Ricordi page for Molino. Retrieved on January 13, 2007.
