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List of Italian composers
Contents
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
A
Domenico Alberti
(c.1710–1740)
Ignazio Albertini
(1644–1685)
Tomaso Albinoni
(1671–1751), Venetian composer of opera and instrumental music, the "
Adagio in G minor
" is based on his works
Franco Alfano
(1875–1954)
Giuseppe Allapana (1822–1889)!
Gregorio Allegri
(1582–1652), composer of the famous
Miserere
, copied from memory on two hearings by the 14-year-old Mozart
Marco Ambrosini
(born 1964)
Pasquale Anfossi
(1727–1797)
B
Antonio Bakini (1818–1897)
Luke Barbarino (born 1952)
Tiziano Bedetti (born 1976)
Vincenzo Bellini
(1801–1835), opera composer, famous for his opera
Norma
Luciano Berio
(1925–2003), wrote
Sinfonia
,
Un re in ascolto
, and
Passaggio
Antonio Bertali
(1605–1669)
Marco Betta
(born 1964)
Luigi Boccherini
(1743–1805), Classical era composer
Arrigo Boito
(1842–1918)
Anna Bon
(1740–?)
Giovanni Battista Bononcini
(1670–1747)
Gaetano Brunetti
(1744–1798)
Ferruccio Busoni
(1866–1924)
C
Pasquale Cafaro
(1715-1787)
Antonio Caldara
(1670–1736)
Bartolomeo Campagnoli
(1751–1827)
Giacomo Carissimi
(1605–1674)
Alfredo Casella
(1883–1947)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
(1895–1968)
Alfredo Catalani
(1854–1893)
Emilio de' Cavalieri
(1550–1602)
Francesco Cavalli
(1602–1676)
Antonio Cesti
(1623–1669)
Luigi Cherubini
(1760–1842)
Francesco Cilea
(1866–1950)
Domenico Cimarosa
(1749–1801)
Aldo Clementi
(1925–2011)
Muzio Clementi
(1752–1832)
Arcangelo Corelli
(1653–1713), Baroque violinist and composer
D
Luigi Dallapiccola
(1904–1975), composer of
Il prigioniero
Luigi Denza
(1846–1922), Neapolitan song composer of
Funiculì, Funiculà
Salvatore Di Vittorio
(born 1967)
Stefano Donaudy
(1879–1925)
Gaetano Donizetti
(1797–1848), opera composer, known for
Lucia di Lammermoor
and
L'elisir d'amore
among others
E
Andre Dolce Era (1877–1930)
F
Lorenzo Ferrero
(born 1951)
Aldo Finzi
(1897–1945)
Pietro Floridia
(1860–1932)
Alberto Franchetti
(1860–1942)
Luca Francesconi (born 1956)
Girolamo Frescobaldi
(1583–1643)
G
Andrea Gabrieli
(c.1510–1595), uncle of Giovanni
Giovanni Gabrieli
(1557–1612), composer and organist
Domenico Gabrielli
(1651–1690)
Baldassare Galuppi
(1706–1785)
Giuseppe Gariboldi
(1833–1905)
Luigi Gatti
(1740–1817)
Carlo Gesualdo
(1566–1613) Chromatic
madrigalist
, nobleman, murderer
Giorgio Ghedini
(1892-1965)
Umberto Giordano
(1867–1948)
Mauro Giuliani
(1781–1829), virtuoso guitarist and composer
Charlie Gracie
(born 1936)
I
Sigismondo d'India
(c. 1582–1629)
J
Niccolò Jommelli
(1714–1774)
K
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger
(c. 1580–1651)
Ernesto Köhler
(1849–1907)
L
Stefano Landi
(c. 1586–1639)
Francesco Landini
(c. 1325–1397), prominent composer of the
Trecento
or Italian
Ars Nova
Giovanni Legrenzi
(1626–1690)
Ruggero Leoncavallo
(1858–1919), composer of the tragic opera,
Pagliacci
Franciscus Lilius
(c. 1600–1657)
Vincentius Lilius (1570–1636)
Pietro Locatelli
(1695–1764)
Andrea Luchesi
(1741–1801)
Luzzasco Luzzaschi
(c. 1545-1607)
M
Bruno Maderna
(1920–1973), composer of
Satyricon
,
Venetian Journal
Giorgio Mainerio
(c.1530/40–1582)
Gian Francesco Malipiero
(1882–1973)
Riccardo Malipiero
(1914–2003)
Franco Mannino
(1924–2005)
Alessandro Marcello
(1669–1747), composer of the famous Oboe Concerto in D minor
Luca Marenzio
(c. 1553–1599)
Biagio Marini
(1594–1663)
Giuseppe Martucci
(1856–1909)
Pietro Mascagni
(1863–1945), opera composer, known for
Cavalleria rusticana
Florentio Maschera (1540–1584)
Domenico Mazzocchi
(1592–1665)
Virgilio Mazzocchi
(1597–1646)
Marco Mazzazzoli (c.1605–1662)
Gian Carlo Menotti
(1911-2007)
Saverio Mercadante
(1795–1870)
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
Vittorio Monti
(1868–1922)
Luigi Morleo
(born 1970)
Ennio Morricone
(born 1928)
N
Pietro Nardini
(1722–1793)
Luigi Nono
(1924–1990), composer of
Prometeo
,
Canto Sospeso
P
Giovanni Pacini
(1796–1867)
Niccolò Paganini
(1782–1840), virtuoso violinist and composer, wrote the
24 Caprices
for
violin
Giovanni Paisiello
(1740–1816)
Goffredo Petrassi
(1904–2003)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
(c.1525–1594)
Bernardo Pasquini
(1637–1710)
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
(1710–1736)
Niccolò Piccinni
(1728–1800)
Ildebrando Pizzetti
(1880–1968), Italian opera composer best known for
Fedra
,
Assassinio nella cattedrale
' and
Cagliostro
Amilcare Ponchielli
(1834–1886), Romantic opera composer known for
La Gioconda
Giacomo Puccini
(1858–1924), late Romantic opera composer (
La bohème
,
Tosca
,
Turandot
,
Madama Butterfly
)
Gaetano Pugnani
(1731–1798)
R
Matteo Rampollini
(1497–1553)
Tommaso Redi (c.1675–1738)
Ottorino Respighi
(1879–1936), known for his
symphonic poems
The Fountains of Rome
and
The Pines of Rome
Vittorio Rieti
(1898–1994), Italian composer of
Barabau
Nino Rota
(1911–1979)
Luigi Rossi
(c.1597–1653)
Salamone Rossi
(c.1570–1630) composer of the early Baroque
Gioachino Rossini
(1792–1868), best known for
The Barber of Seville
and overtures to various other operas such as
William Tell
S
Antonio Sacchini
(1730–1786)
Antonio Salieri
(1750–1825)
Giovanni Battista Sammartini
(c.1700–1775)
Giuseppe Sammartini
(1695–1750)
Alessandro Scarlatti
(1660–1725)
Domenico Scarlatti
(1685–1757), influential in the development of the Classical style
Joe Schittino (born 1977)
Giacinto Scelsi
(1905–1988)
Giovanni Sgambati
(1843–1914)
Achille Simonetti
(1857-1928), violinist and composer
Giovanni Battista Somis
(1686–1763), violinist and composer, one of a family (
[1]
)
Gaspare Spontini
(1774–1851)
Annibale Stabile
(c.1535–1595),
Roman School
composer, pupil of
Palestrina
Agostino Steffani
(1653–1728)
Alessandro Stradella
(1639–1682)
Barbara Strozzi
(1619–1677)
T
Giuseppe Tartini
(1692–1770), famous for the
Devil's Trill Sonata
Giuseppe Torelli
(1658–1709)
Antonio Tozzi
(1736–1812)
Tommaso Traetta
(1727–1779)
U
Marco Uccellini
(1603/1610–1680)
V
Giuseppe Valentini
(1681–1753)
Francesco Maria Veracini
(1690–1768)
Daniele Venturi (born 1971)
Giuseppe Verdi
(1813–1901), opera composer best known for
Rigoletto
,
Nabucco
,
Aida
and
La traviata
Giovanni Verrando (born 1965)
Giovanni Viotti
(1755–1824), Classical era violin teacher whose music was later praised by Brahms
Salvatore Di Vittorio
(born 1967)
Antonio Vivaldi
(1678–1741), wrote over 600 concerti, known for
The Four Seasons
Roman Vlad
(born 1919), Italian composer, pianist, and musicologist of Romanian birth
W
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
(1876–1948)
Z
Riccardo Zandonai
(1883–1944)
Domenico Zipoli
(1688–1726)
References
See also
Chronological list of Italian classical composers