# Chronological list of Italian classical composers

This is a chronological list of classical music composers from Italy, whose notability is established by reliable sources in other Wikipedia articles.

## Medieval

* Maestro Piero (before 1300 – c. 1350)
* Gherardello da Firenze (c. 1320/1325 – c. 1362)
* Jacopo da Bologna (fl. 1340 – 1360)
* Giovanni da Cascia (Giovanni da Firenze) (14th century)
* Vincenzo da Rimini (14th century)
* Lorenzo da Firenze (Lorenzo Masini) (died 1372/1373)
* Francesco Landini (c. 1325/1335 – 1397)
* Donato da Cascia (fl. c. 1350 – 1370)
* Bartolino da Padova (fl. c. 1365 – c. 1405)
* Niccolò da Perugia (later 14th century)
* Johannes Ciconia (c. 1370 – 1412)
* Antonello da Caserta (late 14th – early 15th century)
* Matteo da Perugia (fl. 1400–1416)

## Renaissance

* Zacara da Teramo (c. 1350/1360 – c. 1413/1416)
* Paolo da Firenze (c. 1355 – c. 1436)
* Giovanni Mazzuoli (c. 1360 – 1426)
* Antonio da Cividale (fl. 1392–1421)
* Bartolomeo da Bologna (de Bononia) (fl. 1405–1427)
* Nicolaus Zacharie (c. 1400 – 1466)
* Johannes de Quadris (before 1410 – c. 1457)
* Franchinus Gaffurius (1451–1522)
* Marchetto Cara (c. 1465 – 1525)
* Giacomo Fogliano (1468–1548)
* Michele Pesenti (c. 1470 – after 1524)
* Bartolomeo Tromboncino (c. 1470 – c. 1535)
* Vincenzo Capirola (1474 – after 1548)
* Bartolomeo degli Organi (1474–1539)
* Filippo de Lurano (c. 1475–after 1520)
* Francesco Spinacino (late 15th century – after 1507)
* Costanzo Festa (c. 1485/1490 – 1545)
* Joan Ambrosio Dalza (fl. 1508)
* Gasparo Alberti (c. 1489 – c. 1560)
* Bernardo Pisano (1490–1548)
* Sebastiano Festa (c. 1490/1495 – 1524)
* Francesco de Layolle (dell'Aiolle) (1492 – c. 1540)
* Francesco da Milano (1497–1543)
* Matteo Rampollini (1497–1553)
* Francesco Corteccia (1502–1571)
* Alfonso dalla Viola (1508 – c. 1573)
* Vincenzo Ruffo (c. 1508 – 1587)
* Luigi Dentice (c. 1510 – 1566)
* Giovanni Domenico da Nola (c. 1510 – 1592)
* Claudio Veggio (born c. 1510)
* Domenico Ferrabosco (1513–1574)
* Nicolao Dorati (c. 1513 – 1593)
* Antonio Scandello (1517–1580)
* Gioseffo Zarlino (1517–1590)
* Francesco Cellavenia (fl. 1538–1563)
* Giovanni Animuccia (c. 1520 – 1571)
* Vincenzo Galilei (c. 1520 – 1591)
* Francesco Portinaro (c. 1520 – c. 1578)
* Hoste da Reggio (Bartolomeo Torresano) (c. 1520 – 1569)
* Giovanni Maria de Rossi (c. 1522–1590)
* Girolamo Parabosco (c. 1524 – 1577)
* Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525 – 1594)
* Baldassare Donato (1525/1530 – 1603)
* Ippolito Ciera (fl. 1546 – 1561)
* Annibale Padovano (1527–1575)
* Costanzo Porta (c. 1529 – 1601)
* Giorgio Mainerio (c. 1530/40 – 1582)
* Giammateo Asola (c. 1532 – 1609)
* Andrea Gabrieli (1532/1533 – 1595)
* Claudio Merulo (1533–1604)
* Lodovico Agostini (1534–1590)
* Innocentio Alberti (c. 1535 – 1615)
* Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (c. 1535 – 1592)
* Rocco Rodio (c. 1535 – after 1615)
* Annibale Stabile (c. 1535 – 1595)
* Pietro Taglia (fl. c. 1555 – 1565)
* Filippo Azzaiolo (fl. 1557 – 1569)
* Antonio Valente (fl. 1565 – 1580)
* Alessandro Striggio (c. 1536/1537 – 1592)
* Fabrizio Dentice (c. 1539 – c. 1581)
* Vincenzo Bellavere (c. 1540/1541 – 1587)
* Giovanni Ferretti (c. 1540 – after 1609)
* Stefano Rossetto (fl. 1560–1580)
* Francesco Rovigo (1540/1541 – 1597)
* Gioseppe Caimo (c. 1545 – 1584)
* Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c. 1545 – 1607)
* Giovanni Giacomo de Antiquis (d. 1608)
* Girolamo Dalla Casa (fl. from 1568; died 1601)
* Francesco Soriano (c. 1548 – 1621)
* Orazio Vecchi (1550–1605)
* Benedetto Pallavicino (c. 1551 – 1601)
* Luca Marenzio (c. 1553 – 1599)
* Paolo Bellasio (1554–1594)
* Girolamo Diruta (c. 1554 – after 1610)
* Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (c. 1554 – 1609)
* Carlo Gesualdo (1566–1613)

## Baroque

* Emilio de' Cavalieri (1550–1602)
* Giulio Caccini (1551–1618)
* Paolo Quagliati (c. 1555 – 1628)
* Giovanni Croce (1557–1609)
* Alfonso Fontanelli (1557–1622)
* Giovanni Gabrieli (1557–1612)
* Giovanni Bassano (c. 1558 – 1617)
* Felice Anerio (1560–1614)
* Giulio Belli (c. 1560 – 1621 or later)
* Giovanni Bernardino Nanino (c. 1560 – 1623)
* Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560 – 1627)
* Jacopo Peri (1561–1633)
* Ascanio Mayone (c. 1565 – 1627)
* Alessandro Piccinini (1566–1638)
* Giovanni Francesco Anerio (c. 1567 – 1630)
* Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
* Adriano Banchieri (1568–1634)
* Bartolomeo Barbarino (c. 1568 – 1617 or later)
* Giovanni Matteo Faà di Bruno (fl. 1570)
* Giovanni Paolo Cima (c. 1570 – 1622)
* Salamone Rossi (c. 1570 – 1630)
* Claudia Sessa (c. 1570 – c. 1617/1619)
* Giovanni Battista Fontana (c. 1571 – c. 1630)
* Giovanni Picchi (1571/1572–1643)
* Cesarina Ricci de Tingoli (born c. 1573, fl. 1597)
* Claudio Pari (1574–after 1619)
* Francesco Rasi (1574–1621)
* Vittoria Aleotti (c. 1575 – after 1620)
* Ignazio Donati (c. 1575 – 1638)
* Michelagnolo Galilei (1575–1631)
* Giovanni Priuli (c. 1575 – 1626)
* Giovanni Maria Trabaci (c. 1575 – 1647)
* Antonio Brunelli (1577–1630)
* Agostino Agazzari (1578–1640)
* Vincenzo Ugolini (c. 1580 – 1638)
* Gregorio Allegri (1582–1652)
* Severo Bonini (1582–1663)
* Marco da Gagliano (1582–1643)
* Sigismondo d'India (c. 1582 – 1629)
* Giovanni Valentini (c. 1582 – 1649)
* Paolo Agostino (c. 1583 – 1629)
* Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)
* Antonio Cifra (1584–1629)
* Giovanni Battista Rossi (fl. 1585 – c. 1628)
* Andrea Falconieri (1585/1586–1656)
* Alessandro Grandi (1586–1630)
* Stefano Landi (c. 1586 – 1639)
* Claudio Saracini (1586–1630)
* Francesca Caccini (1587 – c. 1640)
* Francesco Turini (1589–1656)
* Dario Castello (c. 1590 – c. 1658)
* Giovanni Martino Cesare (c. 1590 – 1667)
* Carlo Milanuzzi (c. 1590 – c. 1647)
* Domenico Mazzocchi (1592–1665)
* Francesco Manelli (1594–1667)
* Biagio Marini (1594–1663)
* Tarquinio Merula (1594/1595–1665)
* Antonio Maria Abbatini (c. 1595 – 1680)
* Giovanni Battista Buonamente (c. 1595 – 1642)
* Giovanni Rovetta (c. 1596 – 1668)
* Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597–1646)
* Luigi Rossi (c. 1597 – 1653)
* Giuseppe Galli (fl. 1598)
* Giovanni Battista Fasolo (c. 1598–c. 1664/1665)
* Giovanni Felice Sances (c. 1600 – 1679)
* Marco Scacchi (c. 1600 – 1681/1687)
* Michelangelo Rossi (c. 1601 – 1656)
* Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676)
* Marco Marazzoli (c. 1602 – 1662)
* Benedetto Ferrari (c. 1603 – 1681)
* Francesco Foggia (1603–1688)
* Giuseppe Allevi (1603 or 1604-1670)
* Marco Uccellini (1603/1610–1680)
* Orazio Benevoli (1605–1672)
* Antonio Bertali (1605–1669)
* Giacomo Carissimi (1605–1674)
* Francesco Sacrati (1605–1650)
* Giovanni Antonio Rigatti (c. 1613 – 1648)
* Angelo Michele Bartolotti (c. 1615 – 1696)
* Francesco Corbetta (c. 1615 – 1681)
* Giovanni Bettini (fl. 1616 – c. 1624)
* Maurizio Cazzati (1616–1678)
* Giuseppe Olivieri (fl. 1617 – c. 1623)
* Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677)
* Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
* Antonio Cesti (1623–1669)
* Bernardo Storace (1637–1707)
* Bernardo Pasquini (1637–1710)
* Jacopo Melani (1623–1676)
* Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (1624–1687)
* Francesco Provenzale (1624–1704)
* Giovanni Maria Scorzuto (fl. 1625 – c. 1636)
* Giovanni Legrenzi (1626–1690)
* Giuseppe Scarani (fl. 1628 - fl. 1642)
* Lelio Colista (1629–1680)
* Carlo Pallavicino (c. 1630 – 1688)
* Giuseppe Caruso (fl. 1634)
* Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637–1695)
* Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani (1638 – c. 1693)
* Alessandro Melani (1639–1703)
* Alessandro Stradella (1639–1682)
* Cristoforo Caresana (c. 1640 – 1709)
* Paolo Lorenzani (1640–1713)
* Giovanni Maria Bononcini (1642–1678)
* Michelangelo Falvetti (1642–1692)
* Ignazio Albertini (1644–1685)
* Cataldo Amodei (c. 1650 – c. 1695)
* Giovanni Battista Bassani (c. 1650 – 1716)
* Petronio Franceschini (1651–1680)
* Domenico Gabrielli (1651–1690)
* Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
* Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (c. 1653 – 1723)
* Agostino Steffani (1653–1728)
* Marc'Antonio Ziani (c. 1653 – 1715)
* Pietro Antonio Fiocco (1654–1714)
* Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657–1743)
* Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709)
* Francesco Antonio Pistocchi (1659–1726)
* Antonio Veracini (1659–1745)
* Rosa Giacinta Badalla (c. 1660 – c. 1710)
* Giovanni Bianchi (c. 1660 – after 1720)
* Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725)
* Ignazio Pollice (fl. 1684–1705)
* Francesco Gasparini (1661–1727)
* Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661–1756)
* Pirro Capacelli Albergati (1663–1735)
* Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663–1745)
* Filippo Amadei (c. 1665 – c. 1725)
* Giovanni Maria Ruggieri (c. 1665 – c. 1725)
* Attilio Ariosti (1666–1729)
* Francesco Scarlatti (1666 – c. 1741)
* Antonio Lotti (c. 1667 – 1740)
* Alessandro Marcello (1669–1747)
* Giuseppe Avitrano (c. 1670 – 1756)
* Giovanni Bononcini (1670–1747)
* Antonio Caldara (1670–1736)
* Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1751)
* Giuseppe Aldrovandini (1671–1707)
* Azzolino della Ciaja (1671–1755)
* Teodorico Pedrini (1671–1746)
* Carlo Agostino Badia (1672–1738)
* Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672–1749)
* Francesco Mancini (1672–1737)
* Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675–1742)
* Giovanni Porta (c. 1675 – 1755)
* Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1676–1760)
* Antonio Maria Bononcini (1677–1726)
* Francesco Nicola Fago (1677–1745)
* Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
* Pietro Filippo Scarlatti (1679–1750)
* Emanuele d'Astorga (1681–1736)
* Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (1681–1732)
* Giuseppe Valentini (1681–1753)
* Francesco Manfredini (1684–1762)
* Giuseppe Matteo Alberti (1685–1751)
* Lodovico Giustini (1685–1743)
* Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
* Benedetto Marcello (1686–1739)
* Nicola Porpora (1686–1768)
* Giovanni Battista Somis (1686–1763)
* Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762)
* Domenico Zipoli (1688–1726)
* Pietro Baldassare (before 1690 – after 1768)
* Giovanni Antonio Giai (Giay, Giaj) (1690–1764)
* Antonio Vandini (1690–1778)
* Francesco Maria Veracini (1690–1768)
* Leonardo Vinci (c. 1690 – 1730)
* Francesco Feo (1691–1761)
* Geminiano Giacomelli (1692–1740)
* Giovanni Alberto Ristori (1692–1753)
* Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770)
* Pietro Locatelli (1695–1764)
* Giuseppe Sammartini (1695–1750)
* Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori (1696–1787)
* Pietro Auletta (c. 1698 – 1771)
* Giovanni Giorgi (fl. from 1719; d. 1762)
* Giovanni Zamboni (fl. early 18th century)
* Matteo Zocarini (fl. 1740)
* Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736)

## Classical era

* Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c. 1700 – 1775)
* Alessandro Besozzi (1702–1775)
* Andrea Bernasconi (c. 1706 – 1784)
* Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785)
* Giovanni Battista Martini (Padre Martini) (1706–1784)
* Domenico Alberti (c. 1710 – 1740)
* Giuseppe Bonno (1711–1788)
* Niccolò Jommelli (1714–1774)
* Pasquale Cafaro (1715/1716–1787)
* Nicola Conforto (1718–1793)
* Giuseppe Scarlatti (1718/1723–1777)
* Girolamo Donnini (fl. 1719 - died 1752)
* Carlo Antonio Campioni (1720–1788)
* Gioacchino Cocchi (1720–1804)
* Quirino Gasparini (1721–1778)
* Pietro Nardini (1722–1793)
* Giovanni Marco Rutini (1723–1797)
* Francesco Uttini (1723–1795)
* Giovanni Battista Cirri (1724–1724)
* Domenico Fischietti (c. 1725 – c. 1810)
* Antonio Lolli (1725–1802)
* Pasquale Anfossi (1727–1797)
* Tommaso Traetta (1727–1779)
* Niccolò Piccinni (1728–1800)
* Giuseppe Sarti (1729–1802)
* Domenico Gallo (1730 – c. 1768)
* Pasquale Errichelli (1730–1785)
* Antonio Sacchini (1730–1786)
* Gaetano Pugnani (1731–1798)
* Giuseppe Colla (1731–1806)
* Giuseppe Demachi (1732 – c. 1791)
* Gian Francesco de Majo ("Ciccio") (1732–1770)
* Giacomo Tritto (1733–1824)
* Antonio Tozzi (1736–1812)
* Tommaso Giordani (c. 1738 – 1806)
* Anna Bon (di Venezia) (c. 1739 – after 1767)
* Giovannini (composer) (fl. 1740 – c. 1782)
* Luigi Gatti (1740–1817)
* Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816)
* Andrea Luchesi (1741–1801)
* Luigi Tomasini (1741–1808)
* Jean Paul Egide Martini (1741–1816)
* Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
* Carlo Franchi (c. 1743 – after 1779)
* Giuseppe Gazzaniga (1743–1818)
* Gaetano Brunetti (1744–1798)
* Giuseppe Cambini (1746 – c. 1825)
* Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801)
* Antonio Salieri (1750–1825)
* Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751–1827)
* Giuseppe Giordani (Giordanello) (1751–1798)
* Francesco Bianchi (1752–1810)
* Muzio Clementi (1752–1832)
* Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752–1837)
* Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi (1755–1818)
* Giovanni Viotti (1755–1824)
* Vincenzo Righini (1756–1812)
* Alessandro Rolla (1757–1841)
* Giuseppe Bertini (1759–1852)
* Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842)
* Angelo Tarchi (1760–1814)
* Domenico Dragonetti (1763–1846)
* Filippo Gragnani (1768–1820)
* Giuseppe Farinelli (1769–1836)
* Giovanni Battista Bianchi (flourished 1780–1782)

## Romantic

* Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841)
* Gaspare Spontini (1774–1851)
* Mauro Giuliani (1781–1829)
* Carlo Coccia (1782–1873)
* Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)
* Francesco Morlacchi (1784–1841)
* Pietro Raimondi (1786–1853)
* Luigi Legnani (1790–1877)
* Nicola Vaccai (1790–1848)
* Padre Davide da Bergamo (Felice Moretti) (1791–1863)
* Carlo Evasio Soliva (1791–1853)
* Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868)
* Saverio Mercadante (1795–1870)
* Giovanni Pacini (1796–1867)
* Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)
* Antonio Rolla (1798–1837)
* Raimondo Boucheron (1800–1876)
* Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835)
* Giuseppe Concone (1801–1861)
* Cesare Pugni (1802–1870)
* Alessandro Nini (1805–1880)
* Giuseppe Mazza (1806–1885)
* Gaetano Gaspari (1807/1808–1881)
* Federico Ricci (1809–1877)
* Lauro Rossi (1810–1885)
* Errico Petrella (1813–1877)
* Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
* Giuseppe Lillo (1814–1863)
* Antonio Buzzolla (1815–1871)
* Temistocle Solera (1815–1878)
* Teodulo Mabellini (1817–1897)
* Carlo Pedrotti (1817–1893)
* Antonio Bazzini (1818–1897)
* Giulio Briccialdi (1818–1881)
* Cesare Ciardi (1818–1877)
* Giovanni Bottesini (1821–1889)
* Giuseppe Apolloni (1822–1889)
* Luigi Arditi (1822–1903)
* Carlo Alfredo Piatti (1822–1901)
* Giulio Regondi (1822–1872)
* Antonio Cagnoni (1828–1896)
* Pietro Platania (1828–1907)
* Giovanni Rossi (1828–1886)
* Gaetano Braga (1829–1907)
* Filippo Marchetti (1831–1902)
* Giuseppe Gariboldi (1833–1905)
* Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886)
* Giovanni Bolzoni (1841–1919)
* Arrigo Boito (1842–1918)
* Giovanni Sgambati (1843–1914)
* Luigi Denza (1846–1922)
* Paolo Tosti (1846–1916)
* Riccardo Drigo (1846–1930)
* Ernesto Köhler (1849–1907)
* Antonio Scontrino (1850–1922)
* Alfredo Catalani (1854–1893)
* Vincenzo Valente (1855–1921)
* Giuseppe Martucci (1856–1909)
* Achille Simonetti (1857–1928)
* Ruggero Leoncavallo (1858–1919)
* Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
* Pietro Floridia (1860–1932)
* Alberto Franchetti (1860–1942)

## Modern/Contemporary

* Marco Enrico Bossi (1861–1925)
* Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945)
* Franco Leoni (1864–1949)
* Alessandro Longo (1864–1945)
* Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
* Francesco Cilea (1866–1950)
* Umberto Giordano (1867–1948)
* Vittorio Monti (1868–1922)
* Leone Sinigaglia (1868–1944)
* Lorenzo Perosi (1872–1956)
* Franco Alfano (1875–1954)
* Guido Alberto Fano (1875–1961)
* Italo Montemezzi (1875–1952)
* Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876–1948)
* Stefano Donaudy (1879–1925)
* Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
* Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968)
* Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882–1973)
* Alfredo Casella (1883–1947)
* Luigi Russolo (1883–1947)
* Riccardo Zandonai (1883–1944)
* Franco Vittadini (1884–1948)
* Adriano Lualdi (1885–1971)
* Carlo Giorgio Garofalo (1886–1962)
* Pietro Yon (1886–1943)
* Giulia Recli (1890–1970)
* Giorgio Federico Ghedini (1892–1965)
* Elsa Respighi (née Olivieri-Sangiacomo) (1894–1996)
* Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968)
* Aldo Finzi (1897–1945)
* Vittorio Rieti (1898–1994)
* Mario Pilati (1903–1938)
* Luigi Dallapiccola (1904–1975)
* Goffredo Petrassi (1904–2003)
* Giacinto Scelsi (1905–1988)
* Giulio Cesare Brero (1908-1973)
* Franco Margola (1908–1992)
* Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007)
* Nino Rota (1911–1979)
* Giulio Viozzi (1912–1984)
* Riccardo Malipiero (1914–2003)
* Roman Vlad (1919–2013)
* Bruno Maderna (1920–1973)
* Camillo Togni (1922–1993)
* Flavio Testi (1923–2014)
* Franco Mannino (1924–2005)
* Luigi Nono (1924–1990)
* Luciano Berio (1925–2003)
* Aldo Clementi (1925–2011)
* Franco Evangelisti (1926–1980)
* Franco Donatoni (1927–2000)
* Ennio Morricone (1928–2020)
* Antonio Braga (1929–2009)
* Sylvano Bussotti (1931–2021)
* Niccolò Castiglioni (1932–1996)
* Giacomo Manzoni (born 1932)
* Azio Corghi (1937–2022)
* Gian Paolo Chiti (born 1939)
* Salvatore Sciarrino (born 1947)
* Daniele Zanettovich (born 1950)
* Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951)
* Giorgio Battistelli (born 1953)
* Elisabetta Brusa (born 1954)
* Marco Tutino (born 1954)
* Ludovico Einaudi (born 1955)
* Carlo Pedini (born 1956)
* Piero Niro (born 1957)
* Giulio Castagnoli (born 1958)
* Marco Stroppa (born 1959)
* Fausto Romitelli (1963–2004)
* Federico Maria Sardelli (born 1963)
* Marco Ambrosini (born 1964)
* Marco Betta (born 1964)
* Roberto Carnevale (born 1966)
* Paolo Longo (born 1967)
* Salvatore Di Vittorio (born 1967)
* Giovanni Allevi (born 1969)
* Carlo Forlivesi (born 1971)