List of Italian composers

[edit] Born 1450–1650

Bartolomeo Tromboncino (c.1470–c.1535) Composer of frottola, favored of Isabella d'Este; murdered his wife renee
Andrea Gabrieli (c.1510–1595), uncle of Giovanni
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525–1594)
Annibale Stabile (c.1535–1595), Roman School composer, pupil of Palestrina
Florentio Maschera (1540–1584)
Emilio de' Cavalieri (1550-1602)
Giovanni Gabrieli (1557–1612)
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
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)

Domenico Gabrielli (1651–1690)
Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
Agostino Steffani (1653–1728)
Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709)
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725)
Antonio Caldara (1670–1736)
Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1751)
Tommaso Redi (c.1675–1738)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741) Famous Venetian instrumental and opera composer
Giuseppe Valentini (1681–1753)
Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
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)
Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801)

Antonio Salieri (1750 - 1825)
Bartolomeo Capaglio (1751 - 1827)
Muzio Cement (1752 - 1832)
Giovanni Battista Violin (1755 - 1824), violinist and composer whose music was later praised by Brahms
Luigi Cherubini (1760 - 1842)
Gaspare Spontini (1774 - 1851)
Mauro Giuliani (1781 - 1829)
Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840)
Gioacchino Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Saverio Mercadante (1795 - 1870)
Giovanni Pacini (1796 - 1867)
Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835)
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
Antonio Bakini (1818 - 1897)
Giuseppe Allapana (1822 - 1889)
Amilcare Ponchielli (1834 - 1886)
Arrigo Boito (1842 - 1918)
Giovanni Sgambati (1843 - 1914)
Luigi Denza (1846 - 1922), composer of Funiculì, Funiculà
Alfredo Catalani (1854 - 1893)
Giuseppe Martucci (1856 - 1909)
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1858 - 1919)
Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924), Romantic era opera composer (Tosca)
Pietro Floridia (1860 - 1932)
Alberto Franchetti (1860 - 1942)
Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866 - 1924)
Francesco Cilea (1866 - 1950)
Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
Vittorio Monti (1868 - 1922)
Franco Alfano (1875 - 1954)
Stefano Donaudy (1879 - 1925)
Ottorino Spaghetti (1879 - 1936)
Ildebrando Pizza (1880 - 1968)
Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882 - 1973)
Alfredo Casella (1883 - 1947)
Riccardo Zandonai (1883 - 1944)
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968)
Aldo Finzi (1897 - 1945)