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Tableau of Italian composers, c. 1790, by Pietro Bettelini (1763–1829) This is a chronological list of classical music composers from Italy, whose notability is established by reliable sources in other Wikipedia articles.
Plainsong, also known as plainchant, and more specifically Gregorian, Ambrosian, and Gallican chant, refer generally to a style of monophonic, unaccompanied, early Christian singing performed by monks and developed in the Roman Catholic Church mainly during the period 800-1000 . The differences may be marginal—or even great, in some cases.
The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a group of four violin concerti by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, each of which gives musical expression to a season of the year. These were composed around 1718–1720, when Vivaldi was the court chapel master in Mantua. They were published in 1725 in Amsterdam, together with eight ...
In Italy, music has traditionally been one of the cultural markers of Italian national cultures and ethnic identity and holds an important position in society and in politics. Italian music innovation – in musical scale, harmony, notation, and theatre – enabled the development of opera and much of modern European classical music – such as ...
Ako Ito (born 1942), classical guitarist, also Duo with her husband Henri Dorigny (1939–2022), and educator. Kaori Muraji (born 1978), classical guitarist and recording artist. Kanahi Yamashita (born 1997), classical guitarist and recording artist. Naoko Yamashita (born 1961), classical guitarist and recording artist.
Andrea Bocelli OMRI OMDSM (Italian: [anˈdrɛːa boˈtʃɛlli]; born 22 September 1958) [ 1 ] is an Italian tenor. After performing evenings in piano bars and competing in local singing contests, Bocelli signed his first recording contract with Sugar Music. He rose to fame in 1994 after winning the newcomers' section of the 44th Sanremo Music ...
Renaissance Music. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-97169-4. Crocker, Richard L (1966). A History of Musical Style. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-486-25029-6. Gallo, Alberto (1995). Music in the Castle: Troubadours, Books and Orators in Italian Courts of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries. Chicago: University of ...
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) [2] Filippo Amadei (fl. 1690–1730) Gaetano Amadeo (1824–1893)