List of Italian composers
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This is an alphabetical list of composers from Italy, whose notability is established by reliable sources in other Wikipedia articles.
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The portraits at right are ten of the most-prominent Italian composers, according to a published review.[1]
A
- Joseph Abaco (1710–1805), born Giuseppe Marie Clément Ferdinand dall'Abaco
- Marcello Abbado (1926–2020)
- Antonio Maria Abbatini (1595 – after 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.1485 – c.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.1570 – after 1646)
- Vittoria Aleotti (c.1575 – after 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)[2]
- Filippo Amadei (fl. 1690–1730)
- Gaetano Amadeo (1824–1893)
- Marco Ambrosini (born 1964)
- Cataldo Amodei (1649–1693)[3]
- 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.1480 – after 1538)
- Giovanni Giacomo de Antiquis (?–1608)
- Pietro Antonacci (c.1710 – c.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.1480 – after 1545)
- Giovanni Artusi (c.1540–1613)
- Giammateo Asola (1532 or earlier –1609)
- Caterina Assandra (c.1590 – after 1618)
- Gennaro Astarita (c.1745/49–1805)
- Emanuele d'Astorga (1680–1757)
- Pietro Auletta (1698–1771)
- Giuseppe Avitrano (c.1670–1756)
- Filippo Azzaiolo (c.1530/40 – after 1570)
B
- Ippolito Baccusi (c. 1550–1609)
- Rosa Giacinta Badalla (c. 1660 – c. 1710)
- Pietro Baldassare (c. 1683 – after 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. 1570 – c. 1618)
- Bartolino da Padova (fl. c. 1365 – c. 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.1575 – after 1613)
- Vincenzo Bellavere (c.1540/41–1587)
- Domenico Belli (died 1627)
- Giulio Belli (c.1560 – 1621 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 (1730/40 – c. 1799)
- Andrea Bernasconi (c. 1706–1784)
- Antonio Bertali (1605–1669)
- Giuseppe Bertini (1759–1852)[4]
- 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 (fl. 1616 – c. 1624)[5]
- Francesco Bianchi (1752–1810), also Giuseppe Francesco Bianchi
- Giovanni Bianchi (c. 1660 – after 1720)[6]
- Giovanni Battista Bianchi (flourished 1675)[7]
- Giovanni Battista Bianchi (flourished 1780–1782)[8]
- Oscar Bianchi (born 1975), wrote Thanks to My Eyes
- Giovanni Battista Bianchini (after 1650–1708)[9]
- 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.1739 – after 1767)
- Valerio Bona (c.1560 – c.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 (1587 – c. 1641), daughter of Giulio
- Giulio Caccini (1551–1618)
- Settimia Caccini (1591 – c. 1638), daughter of Giulio
- Pasquale Cafaro (1715–1787)
- Antonio Caldara (1670–1736)
- Giuseppe Cambini (c.1746 – c.1825)
- Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751–1827)
- Fabio Campana (1819–1882)
- Bruno Canfora (1924–2017)
- Bruno Canino (born 1935)
- Enrico Cannio (1874–1949)
- Vincenzo Capirola (1474 – after 1548)
- Filippo Capocci (1840–1911)
- Gaetano Capocci (1811–1898)
- Claudio Capponi (born 1959)
- Matteo Capranica (1708 – c. 1776)
- Giovanni Paolo Capriolo (c. 1580 – c. 1627), also Caprioli
- Marchetto Cara (c. 1470 – c. 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 (fl. 1634)[10]
- Giuseppe "Pippo" Caruso (1935–2018)
- Claudio Casciolini (1697–1760)
- Alfredo Casella (1883–1947)
- Giulio Castagnoli (born 1958)
- Bellerofonte Castaldi (1580–1649)
- Dario Castello (c. 1590 – c. 1658)
- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968)
- Niccolò Castiglioni (1932–1996)
- Pietro Castrucci (1679–1752)
- Leonello Casucci (1885–1975)
- Maddalena Casulana (c. 1544 – c. 1590)
- Alfredo Catalani (1854–1893)
- Diomedes Cato (c. 1560/65 – after 1618)
- Emilio de' Cavalieri (1550–1602)
- Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676), born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni
- Giuseppe Cavallo (died 1684)
- Girolamo Cavazzoni (c.1525 – after 1577)
- Marco Antonio Cavazzoni (c. 1490 – c. 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)[11]
- Giuseppe Colombi (1635–1694)
- Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637–1695)
- Giuseppe Concone (1801–1861)[12]
- 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 (1602 – c.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. 1480 – after 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) (1492 – c. 1540)
- Riccardo Del Turco (born 1939)
- Fernando De Luca (born 1961)
- Francesco De Masi (1930–2005)
- Fabrizio Dentice (c. 1539 – c. 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, Funiculà
- Manuel De Peppe (born 1970)
- Manuel De Sica (1949–2014)
- Christian De Walden (born 1946)
- Eduardo Di Capua (1865–1917)
- Girolamo Diruta (c. 1554 – after 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 (fl. 1719 - died 1752)[13]
- 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
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- Giovanni Matteo Faà di Bruno (fl. 1570)[14]
- Franco Faccio (1840–1891)
- Giacomo Facco (1676–1753)
- Michelangelo Faggioli (1666–1733)
- Nicola Fago (1677–1745)
- Mirko Fait (born 1965)
- Michele de Falco (c. 1688 – after 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. 1598 – after 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. 1580/89 – c. 1630)
- Jimmy Fontana (1934–2013), born Enrico Sbriccoli
- Alfonso Fontanelli (1557–1622)
- Zucchero Fornaciari (born 1955)
- Alberto Fortis (born 1955)
- Giovanni Paolo Foscarini (c. 1600 – after 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 (fl. 1598)[15]
- Domenico Gallo (1730 – c. 1768)
- Giovanni Pietro Gallo (fl. 1591 – c. 1600)[16]
- 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. 1320/25 – 1362/63)
- Giuseppe Gherardeschi (1759–1815)
- Benedetto Ghiglia (1921–2012)
- Giovanni Ghizzolo (c. 1580 – c. 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) (fl. 1740 – c. 1782)[17]
- Pietro Antonio Giramo (fl. 1619 – c. 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.1657 – c.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. 1340 – c. 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. 1710 – c. 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 (fl. 1604 – c. 1617)
- 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 (1698 – c. 1765)
- Antonio Lolli (c. 1725–1802)
- Carlo Ambrogio Lonati (c. 1645 – c. 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. 1475 – after 1520), also known as Luprano, Lorano
- Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c. 1545–1607)
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- 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)[18]
- 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 1550 – after 1608), also Massaini and Tiburzio
- Pino Massara (1931–2013)
- Domenico Massenzio (1586–1657)
- Tito Mattei (1839–1914)
- Nicola Matteis (fl. c. 1670 – after 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)[19]
- 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. 1750 – c. 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 (fl. 1617 – c. 1623)[20]
- 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] (1624 – c. 1687)
- Paolo Pandolfo (born 1964)
- Gino Paoli (1934–2026)
- Paolo da Firenze (c.1355 – c.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. 1652 – after 1709), also Parruccona
- Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c.1704–1766)
- Michele Pesenti (c.1470 – after 1524)
- Alberto Pestalozza (1851–1934)
- Goffredo Petrassi (1904–2003)
- Giuseppe Petrini
- Pietro Pettoletti (c. 1795 – c. 1870)
- Max Pezzali (born 1967)
- Riccardo Piacentini (born 1958)
- Carlo Alfredo Piatti (1822–1901)
- Giovanni Picchi (1571/72–1643)
- Alessandro Piccinini (1566 – c. 1638)
- Niccolò Piccinni (1728–1800)
- Piero Piccioni (1921–2004)
- Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli (1882–1949)
- Maestro Piero (before 1300 – c. 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 century – after 1621), also known as Giambattista Riccio
- Vittorio Rieti (1898–1994), composer of Barabau
- Giovanni Antonio Rigatti (c. 1613–1648)
- Rinaldo di Capua (c.1705 – c.1780)
- Giovanni Alberto Ristori (1692–1753)
- Andrea Rocca (born 1969)
- Rocco Rodio (c.1535 – after 1615)
- Francesco Rognoni (late 16th century – after 1626), son of Riccardo
- Riccardo Rognoni (c.1550 – before 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)[21]
- Giovanni Rossi (1828–1886)[22]
- Giovanni Battista Rossi (fl. 1585 – c. 1628)[23]
- Giovanni Maria de Rossi (c. 1522–1590)[24]
- 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.1620 – c.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 (fl. 1628 - fl. 1642)
- 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 (1666 – c. 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 (fl. 1625 – c. 1636)[25]
- 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. 1570 – c. 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. 1470 – c. 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 (1631/32 – c. 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 (1638 – c. 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. 1400 – 1466)
- Mario Zafred (1922–1987)
- Giovanni Zamboni (c. 1664 – c. 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]