List of Italian composers

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)
• Ruggiero 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)

See also

• Chronological list of Italian classical composers