List of Italian composers
Born 1450–1650
- Matteo Rampollini (1497–1553)
- Andrea Gabrieli (c.1510–1595), uncle of Giovanni
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525–1594)
- Giorgio Mainerio (c.1530/40 – 1582)
- Annibale Stabile (c.1535–1595), Roman School composer, pupil of Palestrina
- Florentio Maschera (1540–1584)
- Emilio de' Cavalieri (1550-1602)
- Giovanni Gabrieli (1557–1612), composer and organist
- 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
- Girolamo Frescobaldi (bap.1583-1643)
- 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)
Born 1650–1750
- Domenico Gabrielli (1651–1690)
- Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713), early Baroque violinist and composer
- Agostino Steffani (1653–1728)
- Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709)
- Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725)
- Antonio Caldara (1670–1736)
- Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1751), Venetian composer of opera and instrumental music, the "Adagio in G minor" is based on his works
- Tommaso Redi (c.1675–1738)
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741), wrote over 600 concerti, known for The Four Seasons
- Giuseppe Valentini (1681–1753)
- Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757), influential in the development of the Classical style
- 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)
- Antonio Tozzi (1736-1812)
- Anna Bon (1740–?)
- Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816)
- Andrea Luchesi (1741–1801)
- Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805), composed in the Galante style
- Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801)
Born 1750-1900
- Antonio Salieri (1750 - 1825)
- Bartolomeo Capaglio (1751 - 1827)
- Muzio Clementi (1752 - 1832)
- Giovanni Viotti (1755 – 1824), Classical era violin teacher whose music was later praised by Brahms
- Luigi Cherubini (1760 - 1842)
- Gaspare Spontini (1774 - 1851)
- Mauro Giuliani (1781 - 1829), virtuoso guitarist and composer
- Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840), virtuoso violinist and composer, wrote the 24 Caprices for violin
- Gioacchino Rossini (1792 - 1868), best known for The Barber of Seville and overtures to various other operas
- Saverio Mercadante (1795 - 1870)
- Giovanni Pacini (1796 - 1867)
- Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848), opera composer, known for Lucia di Lammermoor and L'Elisir d'Amore among others
- Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835), opera composer, famous for his opera Norma
- Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901), opera composer best known for Rigoletto, Nabucco, Aida and La traviata
- Antonio Bakini (1818 - 1897)
- Giuseppe Allapana (1822 - 1889)
- Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886), Romantic opera composer known for La Gioconda
- Arrigo Boito (1842–1918)
- Giovanni Sgambati (1843–1914)
- Luigi Denza (1846–1922), Neapolitan song composer of Funiculì, Funiculà
- Ernesto Köhler(1849–1907)
- Alfredo Catalani (1854–1893)
- Giuseppe Martucci (1856–1909)
- Ruggero Leoncavallo (1858–1919)
- Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), late Romantic opera composer (La Bohème, Tosca, Madame Butterfly)
- Pietro Floridia (1860–1932)
- Alberto Franchetti (1860–1942)
- Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945), opera composer, known for Cavalleria Rusticana
- Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
- Francesco Cilea (1866–1950)
- Umberto Giordano (1867–1948)
- Vittorio Monti (1868–1922)
- Franco Alfano (1875–1954)
- Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876–1948)
- Stefano Donaudy (1879–1925)
- Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936), known for his symphonic poems The Fountains of Rome and The Pines of Rome
- Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968), Italian opera composer best known for Fedra, Assassinio nella cattedrale' and Cagliostro
- Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882–1973)
- Alfredo Casella (1883–1947)
- Riccardo Zandonai (1883–1944)
- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968)
- Aldo Finzi (1897–1945)
- Vittorio Rieti (1898–1994), Italian composer of Barabau
Born 1900-
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