List of Italian composers
This is an alphabetical list of composers from Italy, whose notability is established by reliable sources in other Wikipedia articles.
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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)
- 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
- Pietro Baldassare (before 1690 – after 1768)
- Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835), 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)
- Bruno Bettinelli (1913–2004)
- Oscar Bianchi (born 1975), wrote Thanks to My Eyes
- Umberto Bindi (1932–2002)
- Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
- Arrigo Boito (1842–1918)
- Anna Bon (1740–?)
- Giovanni Bononcini (1670–1747)
- Marco Enrico Bossi (1861–1925)
- Gaetano Brunetti (1744–1798)
- Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
C
- Giulio Caccini (1551–1618)
- Pasquale Cafaro (1715–1787)
- Antonio Caldara (1670–1736)
- Giuseppe Cambini (c.1746–c.1825)
- Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751–1827)
- Matteo Carcassi (1792–1853)
- Giacomo Carissimi (1605–1674)
- Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841)
- Alfredo Casella (1883–1947)
- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968)
- Leonello Casucci (1885–1975)
- 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)
- Giovanni Croce (1557–1603)
D
- Luigi Dallapiccola (1904–1975), composer of Il prigioniero
- Luigi Denza (1846–1922), Neapolitan song composer of Funiculì, Funiculà
- Salvatore Di Vittorio (born 1967)
- Baldassare Donato (1525/30–1603)
- 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
F
- Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951)
- Giacomo Finetti (died 1630)
- Aldo Finzi (1897–1945)
- Pietro Floridia (1860–1932)
- Luca Francesconi (born 1956)
- Alberto Franchetti (1860–1942)
- Massimiliano Frani (born 1967)
- Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)
G
- Andrea Gabrieli (c.1510–1595), uncle of Giovanni
- Giovanni Gabrieli (1557–1612), composer and organist
- Domenico Gabrielli (1651–1690)
- Domenico Gallo (1730–c. 1768)
- Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785)
- Giuseppe Gariboldi (1833–1905)
- Francesco Gasparini (1661–1727)
- 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
- Alessandro Grandi (1586–1630)
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)
- Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858–1919), composer of the tragic opera, Pagliacci
- Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori (1696–1787), bishop, saint, composer of Tu scendi dalle stelle
- Pietro Locatelli (1695–1764)
- Marco Lo Russo (born 1977)
- Andrea Luchesi (1741–1801)
- Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c. 1545–1607)
M
- Bruno Maderna (1920–1973), composer of Satyricon (opera)
- 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
- Benedetto Marcello (1686–1739)
- Luca Marenzio (c. 1553–1599)
- Biagio Marini (1594–1663)
- Giovanni Battista Martini (1706–1784)
- Giuseppe Martucci (1856–1909)
- Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945), opera composer, known for Cavalleria rusticana
- Ascanio Mayone (c. 1565–1627)
- Domenico Mazzocchi (1592–1665)
- Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597–1646)
- Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007)
- Saverio Mercadante (1795–1870)
- Claudio Merulo (1533–1604)
- Giorgio Miceli (1836–1895)
- Domenico Modugno (1928–1994)
- Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643), best known for his pioneering opera Orfeo
- Vittorio Monti (1868–1922)
- Giovanni Morandi (1777–1856)
- Luigi Morleo (born 1970)
- Ennio Morricone (born 1928)
- Giovanni Mossi (c. 1680? – 1742)
N
- Piero Niro (born 1957)
- Luigi Nono (1924–1990)
O
P
- Giovanni Pacini (1796–1867)
- 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)
- Bernardo Pasquini (1637–1710)
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736)
- Jacopo Peri (1561-1633), composer of the first opera (Dafne) and first surviving opera (Euridice).
- Goffredo Petrassi (1904–2003)
- Niccolò Piccinni (1728–1800)
- Nicola Piovani (born 1946)
- Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968), opera composer best known for Assassinio nella cattedrale
- Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886), Romantic opera composer known for La Gioconda
- Nicola Porpora (1686–1768), Baroque opera composer
- Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), late Romantic opera composer (La bohème, Tosca, Turandot, Madama Butterfly)
- Gaetano Pugnani (1731–1798)
R
- Matteo Rampollini (1497–1553)
- Renato Rascel (1912–1991)
- Tony Renis (born May 13, 1938)
- Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936), known for his symphonic poems The Fountains of Rome and The Pines of Rome
- Vittorio Rieti (1898–1994), composer of Barabau
- Luigi Rossi (c.1597–1653)
- 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)
S
- Antonio Sacchini (1730–1786)
- Antonio Salieri (1750–1825)
- Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c.1700–1775)
- Giuseppe Sammartini (1695–1750)
- Francesco Sartori (born 1957)
- Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725), father of Pietro and Domenico
- Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757), influential in the development of the Classical style
- Pietro Filippo Scarlatti (1679–1750)
- Giacinto Scelsi (1905–1988)
- Salvatore Sciarrino (born 1947)
- Kristian Sensini (born 1976)
- Giovanni Sgambati (1843–1914)
- Achille Simonetti (1857–1928), violinist and composer
- Giovanni Battista Somis (1686–1763), violinist and composer, one of a family
- Gaspare Spontini (1774–1851)
- Annibale Stabile (c.1535–1595), Roman School composer, pupil of Palestrina
- Agostino Steffani (1653–1728)
- Alessandro Stradella (1639–1682)
- Feliciano Strepponi (1797–1832), opera composer, father of Giuseppina Strepponi
- Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677)
T
- Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770), famous for the Devil's Trill Sonata
- Carlo Tessarini (1690–1766)
- Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709)
- Antonio Tozzi (1736–1812)
- Giovanni Maria Trabaci (c. 1575–1647)
- Tommaso Traetta (1727–1779)
U
- Marco Uccellini (1603/1610–1680)
V
- Giuseppe Valentini (1681–1753)
- Francesco Maria Veracini (1690–1768)
- Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901), opera composer best known for Rigoletto, Nabucco, Aida and La traviata
- Giovanni Viotti (1755–1824), Classical era violin teacher whose music was later praised by Brahms
- Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663–1745)
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741), wrote over 600 concerti, known for The Four Seasons
- Roman Vlad (1919–2013), Italian composer, pianist, and musicologist of Romanian birth
W
- Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876–1948)
Y
- Pietro Yon (1886–1943)
Z
- Riccardo Zandonai (1883–1944)
- Gioseffo Zarlino (1517–1590)
- Domenico Zipoli (1688–1726)
See also
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