This is an alphabetical list of composers from Italy, whose notability is established by reliable sources in other Wikipedia articles.

The portraits at right are ten of the most-prominent Italian composers, according to a published review.

A

Joseph Abaco (1710–1805), born Giuseppe Marie Clément Ferdinand dall'Abaco Marcello Abbado (1926–2020) Antonio Maria Abbatini (1595after 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.1485c.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.1570after 1646) Vittoria Aleotti (c.1575after 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) Filippo Amadei (fl. 1690–1730) Gaetano Amadeo (1824–1893) Marco Ambrosini (born 1964) Cataldo Amodei (1649–1693) 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 Anzalone (died 1656) Giacinto Anzalone (1606–1656) Andrea Antico (c.1480after 1538) Giovanni Giacomo de Antiquis (?–1608) Pietro Antonacci (c.1710c.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.1480after 1545) Giovanni Artusi (c.1540–1613) Giammateo Asola (1532 or earlier –1609) Caterina Assandra (c.1590after 1618) Gennaro Astarita (c.1745/49–1805) Emanuele d'Astorga (1680–1757) Pietro Auletta (1698–1771) Giuseppe Avitrano (c.1670–1756) Filippo Azzaiolo (c.1530/40after 1570)

B

Ippolito Baccusi (c. 1550–1609) Rosa Giacinta Badalla (c. 1660c. 1710) Pietro Baldassare (c. 1683after 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. 1570c. 1618) Bartolino da Padova (fl. c. 1365c. 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) Giorgio Battistelli (born 1953) 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.1575after 1613) Vincenzo Bellavere (c.1540/41–1587) Domenico Belli (died 1627) Giulio Belli (c.15601621 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 (1730/40c. 1799) Andrea Bernasconi (c. 1706–1784) Antonio Bertali (1605–1669) Giuseppe Bertini (1759–1852) 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 () Francesco Bianchi (1752–1810), also Giuseppe Francesco Bianchi Giovanni Bianchi (c. 1660 – after 1720) Giovanni Battista Bianchi (flourished 1675) Giovanni Battista Bianchi (flourished 1780–1782) Oscar Bianchi (born 1975), wrote Thanks to My Eyes Giovanni Battista Bianchini (after 1650–1708) 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.1739after 1767) Valerio Bona (c.1560c.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 (1587c. 1641), daughter of Giulio Giulio Caccini (1551–1618) Settimia Caccini (1591c. 1638), daughter of Giulio Pasquale Cafaro (1715–1787) Antonio Caldara (1670–1736) Giuseppe Cambini (c.1746c.1825) Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751–1827) Fabio Campana (1819–1882) Bruno Canfora (1924–2017) Bruno Canino (born 1935) Enrico Cannio (1874–1949) Vincenzo Capirola (1474after 1548) Filippo Capocci (1840–1911) Gaetano Capocci (1811–1898) Claudio Capponi (born 1959) Matteo Capranica (1708c. 1776) Giovanni Paolo Capriolo (c. 1580c. 1627), also Caprioli Marchetto Cara (c. 1470c. 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 () Giuseppe "Pippo" Caruso (1935–2018) Claudio Casciolini (1697–1760) Alfredo Casella (1883–1947) Giulio Castagnoli (born 1958) Bellerofonte Castaldi (1580–1649) Dario Castello (c. 1590c. 1658) Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968) Niccolò Castiglioni (1932–1996) Pietro Castrucci (1679–1752) Leonello Casucci (1885–1975) Maddalena Casulana (c. 1544c. 1590) Alfredo Catalani (1854–1893) Diomedes Cato (c. 1560/65after 1618) Emilio de' Cavalieri (1550–1602) Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676), born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni Giuseppe Cavallo (died 1684) Girolamo Cavazzoni (c.1525after 1577) Marco Antonio Cavazzoni (c. 1490c. 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) Giuseppe Colombi (1635–1694) Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637–1695) Giuseppe Concone (1801–1861) 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 (1602c.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. 1480after 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) (1492c. 1540) Riccardo Del Turco (born 1939) Fernando De Luca (born 1961) Francesco De Masi (1930–2005) Fabrizio Dentice (c. 1539c. 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. 1554after 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 ( - died 1752) 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

Giovanni Matteo Faà di Bruno () Franco Faccio (1840–1891) Giacomo Facco (1676–1753) Michelangelo Faggioli (1666–1733) Nicola Fago (1677–1745) Mirko Fait (born 1965) Michele de Falco (c. 1688after 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. 1598after 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) Antonio Ferraro (c. 1592 – after 1629) 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)