List of Italian composers
This is an alphabetical list of composers from Italy, whose notability is established by reliable sources in other Wikipedia articles. For guidance on how an individual name should be sorted, please refer to the person's linked article (including title, text, references, and any PersonData or DefaultSort templates visible when editing) and to the English Wikipedia guidelines at WP:SUR.
A
- Joseph Abaco (1710–1805), born Giuseppe Marie Clément Ferdinand dall'Abaco
- Marcello Abbado (born 1926)
- Antonio Maria Abbatini (1595–after 1679)
- Girolamo Abos (1715–1760)
- Andrea Adolfati (1721/22–1760)
- 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)
- Vittoria Aleotti (c. 1575–after 1620)
- Felice Alessandri (1747–1798)
- Alessandro Alessandroni (born 1925)
- Franco Alfano (1875–1954)
- 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
- Filippo Amadei (fl. 1690–1730)
- Marco Ambrosini (born 1964)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Emanuele Barbella (1718–1777)
- Giovanni de' Bardi (1534–1612)
- Sergio Bardotti (1939–2007)
- 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
- Giulio Bas (1874–1929)
- Giovanni Battista Bassani (c. 1650–1716)
- Orazio Bassani (before 1570-1615), also Orazio della Viola
- Giovanni Bassano (c. 1561–1617)
- Franco Battiato (born 1945)
- Leda Battisti (born 1971)
- Lucio Battisti (1943–1998)
- Antonio Bazzini (1818–1897)
- 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
- 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)
- Mario Bertoncini (born 1932)
- Ferdinando Bertoni (1725–1813)
- Carlo Besozzi (1738–1791)
- Girolamo Besozzi (c. 1745/50–1788)
- Marco Betta (born 1964)
- Bruno Bettinelli (1913–2004)
- Oscar Bianchi (born 1975), wrote Thanks to My Eyes
- Umberto Bindi (1932–2002)
- Cesare Andrea Bixio (1896–1978)
- Felice Blangini (1781–1841)
- Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
- 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 (born 1935)
- Laura Bono (born 1979)
- Antonio Maria Bononcini (1677–1726)
- Giovanni Bononcini (1670–1747)
- Giovanni Maria Bononcini (1642–1678), father of Giovanni and Antonio
- Pietro Borradori (born 1965)
- Marco Enrico Bossi (1861–1925)
- Franciscus Bossinensis (fl. 1509–1511)
- Giovanni Bottesini (1821–1889)
- 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)
- Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
- Sylvano Bussotti (born 1931)
C
- Roberto Cacciapaglia (born 1953)
- 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 Canino (born 1935)
- Enrico Cannio (1874–1949)
- Vincenzo Capirola (1474–after 1548)
- Filippo Capocci (1840–1911)
- Gaetano Capocci (1811–1898)
- Matteo Capranica (1708–c.1776)
- Giovanni Paolo Capriolo (c. 1580–c. 1627), also Caprioli
- Marchetto Cara (c. 1470–probably 1525)
- 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)
- Claudio Casciolini (1697–1760)
- Alfredo Casella (1883–1947)
- Giulio Castagnoli (born 1958)
- 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)
- Antonio Cesti (1623–1669)
- Ippolito Chamaterò (late 1530s – after 1592), also known as Chamatterò di Negri, Camaterò
- Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842)
- Piero Ciampi (1934–1980)
- Antonio Cifra (c.1584–1629)
- Francesco Cilea (1866–1950)
- Giovanni Paolo Cima (c.1570–1622)
- Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801)
- Aldo Clementi (1925–2011)
- Muzio Clementi (1752–1832)
- Lelio Colista (1629–1680)
- Giuseppe Colombi (1635–1694)
- Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637–1695)
- Nicola Conforto (1718–1793)
- Paolo Conte (born 1937)
- Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (1681/82–1732)
- Francesco Corbetta (c.1615–1681)
- Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
- Azio Corghi (born 1937)
- 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 (born 1943)
D
- 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)
- Pino Daniele (1955–2015)
- Giovanni D'Anzi (1906–1974)
- Padre Davide da Bergamo (1791–1863), born Felice Moretti
- Cecilia Dazzi (born 1969)
- Fabrizio De André (1940–1999)
- Ernesto De Curtis (1875–1937)
- Francesco de Layolle (or dell'Aiolle) (1492–c. 1540)
- Fernando De Luca (born 1961)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Franco Faccio (1840–1891)
- Giacomo Facco (1676–1753)
- Michelangelo Faggioli (1666–1733)
- Nicola Fago (1677–1745)
- 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)
- Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951)
- Costanzo Festa (c. 1485/90–1545)
- Sebastiano Festa (c. 1490/95–1524)
- Francesco Filidei (born 1973)
- Gino Filippini (1900–1962)
- Giacomo Finetti (?–1630)
- Aldo Finzi (1897–1945)
- Valentino Fioravanti (1764–1837)
- Nicola Fiorenza (after 1700 –1764)
- Ignazio Fiorillo (1715–1787)
- 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)
- 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)
- Francesco Paolo Frontini (1860–1939)
- Martino Frontini (1827–1909)
G
- Michele Gabellone (1692–1740), also Cabalone, etc.
- Andrea Gabrieli (c.1510–1595), 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
- Domenico Gallo (1730–c. 1768)
- Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785)
- Giuseppe Garibaldi (1819–1908), a younger namesake of Italy's founder
- Giuseppe Gariboldi (1833–1905)
- Francesco Gasparini (1661–1727)
- Quirino Gasparini (1721–1778)
- Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (c. 1554–1609)
- Luigi Gatti (1740–1817)
- 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)
- Geminiano Giacomelli (1692–1740)
- Jacopo Gianninoto (born 1973)
- Felice Giardini (1716–1796)
- Remo Giazotto (1910–1998)
- 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)
- Pietro Antonio Giramo (fl. 1619–c. 1630)
- Mauro Giuliani (1781–1829), virtuoso guitarist and composer
- Roberto Goitre (1927–1980)
- Sandro Gorli (born 1948)
- Enzo Gragnaniello (born 1954)
- Giovanni Battista Granata (1620/21–1687)
- Alessandro Grandi (1586–1630)
- Gaetano Greco (c.1657–c.1728)
- 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)
- 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)
- Giacomo Insanguine (1728–1793)
- Paolo Isnardi (c. 1536–1596)
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)
- Francesco Landini (c. 1325/35–1397), also known as Landino, degli Organi, il Cieco, or da Firenze
- Gaetano Latilla (1711–1788)
- Bruno Lauzi (1937–2006)
- Angelo Francesco Lavagnino (1909–1987)
- Luigi Legnani (1790–1877)
- Giovanni Legrenzi (1626–1690)
- Leonardo Leo (1694–1744)
- Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
- Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858–1919), composer of the tragic opera, Pagliacci
- Leone Leoni (c. 1560–1627)
- Giuseppe Liberto (born 1943)
- Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori (1696–1787), bishop, saint, composer of Tu scendi dalle stelle
- Giuseppe Lillo (1814–1863)
- Roberto Livraghi (born 1937)
- 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 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)
M
- Teodulo Mabellini (1817–1897)
- Bruno Maderna (1920–1973), composer of Satyricon (opera)
- Enrico Mainardi (1897–1976)
- Giorgio Mainerio (c.1530/40–1582)
- Gian Francesco de Majo (1732–1770)
- Giuseppe de Majo (1697–1771)
- 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)
- Fermo Dante Marchetti (1876–1940)
- Gianni Marchetti (1933–2012)
- Luca Marenzio (c. 1553–1599), composer of approximately 500 madrigals
- Marco Marinangeli (born 1965)
- Biagio Marini (1594–1663)
- Gino Marinuzzi (1882–1945)
- E. A. Mario (1884–1961), born Giovanni Gaeta
- 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
- Domenico Massenzio (1586–1657)
- Nicola Matteis (fl. c. 1670–after 1714), also Matheis
- Matteo da Perugia (fl. 1400–1416)
- Claudio Mattone (born 1943)
- Ascanio Mayone (c. 1565–1627)
- Domenico Mazzocchi (1592–1665)
- Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597–1646), brother of Domenico
- Antonio Maria Mazzoni (1717–1785)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 or 1696 –1739)
- Giovanni Morandi (1777–1856)
- Guido Morini (born 1959)
- Luigi Morleo (born 1970)
- Giorgio Moroder (born 1940)
- Ennio Morricone (born 1928)
- 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)
- Mariella Nava (born 1960)
- Marcantonio Negri (?–1624)
- Niccolò da Perugia (later 14th century)
- Giuseppe Nicolini (1762–1842)
- Piero Niro (born 1957)
- Giovanni Domenico da Nola (c. 1510/20–1592), also known as Nolla
- Luigi Nono (1924–1990)
- Emanuele Nutile (1862–1932)
O
- Ferdinando Orlandi (1774–1848)
- Riz Ortolani (1926–2014)
P
- Antonio Maria Pacchioni (1654–1738)
- Giorgio Pacchioni (born 1947)
- Daniele Pace (1935–1985)
- 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)
- Benedetto Pallavicino (c.1551–1601)
- Antonio Pampani (c. 1705–1775)
- Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (c. 1630–1669/70)
- Paolo Pandolfo (born 1964)
- Gino Paoli (born 1934)
- 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)
- Giovanni Picchi (1571/72–1643)
- Alessandro Piccinini (1566–c. 1638)
- Niccolò Piccinni (1728–1800)
- Piero Piccioni (1921–2004)
- Maestro Piero (before 1300–c. 1350)
- Giusto Pio (born 1926)
- Nicola Piovani (born 1946)
- Bernardo Pisano (1490–1548)
- Maurizio Pisati (born 1959)
- Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657–1743)
- Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968), opera composer best known for Assassinio nella cattedrale
- Emilio Pizzi (1861–1940)
- Pietro Platania (1828–1907)
- Giovanni Benedetto Platti (c.1697–1763)
- 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)
- Giovanni Priuli (c. 1575–1626)
- Marieta Morosina Priuli (fl. 1665)
- Ignazio Prota (1690–1748)
- Francesco Provenzale (1624–1704)
- 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)
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- Paolo Quagliati (c. 1555–1628)
- Lucia Quinciani (c. 1566, fl. 1611)
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- 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)
- Licinio Refice (1883–1954)
- Tony Renis (born 1938)
- Elsa Respighi (1894–1996)
- 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)
- Giovanni Battista Riccio (late 16th century–after 1621), also known as Giambattista Riccio
- Vittorio Rieti (1898–1994), composer of Barabau
- Rinaldo di Capua (c.1705–c.1780)
- Giovanni Alberto Ristori (1692–1753)
- 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)
- 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
- Giovanni Marco Rutini (1723–1797)
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- Nicola Sabatino (1705–1796)
- 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
- Domenico Sarro (1679–1744)
- Giuseppe Sarti (1729–1802)
- Francesco Sartori (born 1957)
- Antonio Sartorio (1630–1680)
- Virgilio Savona (1919–2009)
- Rosario Scalero (1870-1954), also Natale Rosario Scalero
- Antonio Scandello (1517–1580)
- 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)
- Giulio Segni (1498–1561), also Julio Segni or Julio da Modena
- Giuseppe Sellitti (1700–1777), also Sellitto
- Kristian Sensini (born 1976)
- Paolo Serrao (1830–1907)
- Claudia Sessa (c. 1570–c. 1617/19)
- Giovanni Sgambati (1841–1914)
- Achille Simonetti (1857–1928), violinist and composer
- Giuseppe Sinopoli (1946–2001)
- Maddalena Laura Sirmen (1745–1818), born Maddalena Laura Lombardini
- Camillo Sivori (1815–1894), also Ernesto Camillo Sivori
- Roberto Soffici (born 1946)
- Giovanni Sollima (born 1962)
- Giovanni Battista Somis (1686–1763), violinist and composer, one of a family
- 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)
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- Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770), famous for the Devil's Trill Sonata
- Pierantonio Tasca (1858–1934)
- Giovanni Tebaldini (1864–1952)
- Luigi Tenco (1938–1967)
- Carlo Tessarini (1690–1766)
- Giovanni Angelo Testagrossa (1470–1530)
- Camillo Togni (1922–1993)
- 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)
- Giovanni Maria Trabaci (c. 1575–1647)
- Tommaso Traetta (1727–1779)
- Giuseppe Tricarico (1623–1697)
- Giacomo Tritto (1733–1824)
- Bartolomeo Tromboncino (c. 1470 – c. 1535), trombonist, frottolist, murderer
- Armando Trovajoli (1917–2013)
- Gerardina Trovato (born 1967)
- Francesco Turini (c. 1595–1656)
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- 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)
- Francesco Uttini (1723–1795)
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- 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)
- 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
- Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632–1692)
- Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663–1745)
- Franco Vittadini (1884–1948)
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741), wrote over 600 concerti, known for 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
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- Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876–1948)
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- Pietro Yon (1886–1943)
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- 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)
- 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)
- Carlo Zuccari (1703–1792)