Ala, Giovanni Battista. b Monza, nr Milan, c1598; d Milan, c1630,  Organist.

Albergati, Pirro. b Bologna, 20 Sept 1663; d Bologna, 22 June 1735. 

Alberti, Giuseppe Matteo. b Bologna, 20 Sept 1685; d Bologna, 18 Feb 1751. 

Albinoni, Tomaso Giovanni. b Venice, 8 June 1671; d Venice, 17 Jan 1750/51). 

Aldrovandini, Giuseppe Antonio Vincenzo. b Bologna, 8 June 1671; d Bologna, 9 Feb 1707). 

Ariosti, Attilio. b Bologna, 5 Nov 1666; d London, 1729. 

Barera, Rodiano. b. Cremona, c1550; d Cremona, 25 Sept 1623. 

Bassani, Giovanni Battista. b Padua, c1650; d Bergamo, 1 Oct 1716. 

Battistini, Giacomo. b c1665; d Novara, 5 Feb 1719). 

Bernabei:(1) Ercole. b Caprarola, 1622; d Munich, 5 Dec 1687.

Berardi, Angelo. b S Agata, c1636; d Rome, 9 April 1694.  Theorist and organist.

Bernardi, Bartolomeo. b ?Bologna, c1660; d Copenhagen, 23 May 1732. 

Bianchi, Andrea. b Sarzana, nr Genoa; fl 1611--26). 

Bona, Valerio. b Bescia c1560; d ?Verona ?.

Bondioli, Giacinto. b Quinzano, nr Brescia, 1596; d Brescia, 1636. 

Bononcini, Giovanni Maria (ii) [Angelo]. b Modena, 18 Nov 1678;  d Rome, Nov 1753), violinist, son of (1).

Bononcini Giovanni Maria Bononcini (l). b Montecorone, nr Modena, bap. 23 Sept 1642; d 18 Nov 1678. 

Bonporti, Francesco Antonio. b Trent, bap. 11 June 1672; d Padua, 19 Dec 1749. 

Brevi, Giovanni Battista. b Bergamo, c1650; d Milan, after 1725. 

Caifabri, Giovanni Battista. b Orciano, Pesaro, c1632; d Rome, 14 Oct. 1700. 

Capacelli,(Albergati) Pirro. b Bologna, 20 Sept 1663; d Bologna, 22 June 1735. 

Caproli [Caprioli, Del Violino], Carlo. b Rome, before 1620; d Rome, ?after 1675 Violinist and organist.

Castello, Dario. early 17th, Maestro St. Mark's Venice.

Cherici, Sebastiano. b Pistoia, 1647; d Pistoia, probably in 1703). 

Cocciola, Giovanni Battista. b Vercelli; fl c1610-20. 

Colonna, Giovanni Paolo. b Bologna, 16 June 1637; d Bologna, 28 Nov 1695. 

Corelli, Arcangelo. b Fusignano, 17 Feb 1653; d Rome, 8 Jan 1713. 

Cornetti, Paolo. b Rome; fl 1638. 

Dall'Abaco, Evaristo Felice. b Verona, 12 July 1675; d Munich, 12 July 1742. 

Degli Antoni, Giovanni Battista. b Bologna, 24 June 1660; d Bologna, after 1696. 

De Luca, Severo. b Naples; fl 1684--1734. 

Fedeli, Giuseppe [Saggione, Joseph]. fl 1680-1733). Instrumentalist, Venice then active in France.

Filippini, Stefano. b Rimini, c1601; d Rimini, 4 Nov 1690. 

Fiocco: (1) Pietro Antonio (Pierre Antoine). b Venice, 

bap. 3 Feb 1653; d Brussels, 3 Sept 1714). 

Franchi, Giovanni Pietro. b Pistoia; d Loreto, 2 Dec 1731. 

Gabrielli, Domenico. b Bologna, 19 Oct 1659; d Bologna, 10 July 1690.

Gaffi, Tommaso Bernardo. b Rome, 14 Dec 1667; d Rome, 11 Feb 1744. 

Gatti, Teobaldo de. b Florence c1650; d Paris 1727. Gamba player, active in France.

Geminiani, Francesco. b Lucca, bap. 5 Dec 1687; d Dublin, 17 Sept 1762. 

Ghezzi, Ippolito. b Siena, ?1650; d 1709 or later. Theorist.

Gigli, Giovanni Battista. 17th century.

Grandi, Alessandro (i). b 1586; d Bergamo, 1630, after June. 

Gratiani, Bonifatio. b Rocca di Botte, nr Avezzano, c1604; d Marino, nr Rome, 15 June 1664. Priest.

Grossi, Andrea. fl Mantua, late 17th century. Violinist.

Guami, Francesco (ii). b Lucca, 10 Feb 1543; d Lucca, 30 Jan 1602. Trombonist.

Guido, Giovanni Antonio. b ?Genoa, c1675; d after 1728. 

Violinist, active in France.

Honorio, Romualdo. fl 1638--49. Monk.

Isabella Leonarda [Leonardi, Anna Isabella]. b Novara, 6 Sept 1620; d Novara, 25 Feb 1704. 

Jacchini, Giuseppe Maria. b Bologna, 16 July 1667; d Bologna, 2 May 1727). Cellist.

Lappi, Pietro. 16th century.

Legrenzi, Giovanni. b Clusone, nr Bergamo, bap. 12 Aug 1626; d Venice, 27 May 1690). Organist.

Lorenzani, Paolo. b Rome, 5 Jan 1640; d Rome, 28 Oct 1713. 

Marenzio [Marentio], Luca. b Coccaglio, nr Brescia, 1553 or 1554; d Rome, 22 Aug 1599. 

Marini, Biagio. b Brescia, 5 Feb 1594; d Venice, 1663. 

Marino [Marini], Carlo Antonio. b ?Albino, nr Bergamo, c1670; d ?Bergamo, c1717. Violinist and cellist.

Mazzaferrata, Giovanni Battista. b Como or Pavia; d ?Ferrara, 26 Feb 1691. Organist.

Merchi, Joseph Bernard. b Naples 1730; d 22 May Brescia 1793. Guitar and mandolin player.

Merula, Tarquinio. b Cremona, c1594; d Cremona, 10 Dec 1665. Organist and violinist.

Milani, Francesco. b Bologna; fl 1600--48. 

Monteverdi, Claudio. b Cremona, 15 May 1567; d Venice, 29 Nov 1643. 

Moro, Giacomo. b Viadana, nr Mantua; fl 1581--1610. 

Mascitti, Michele [Michel, Miquel]. b Chieti, nr Naples, 1663 or 1664; d Paris, 24 April 1760). Violinist.

Nervius, Leonardus. 17th century, 

Petrobelli, Francesco. b Vicenza; d Padua, 31 March 1695. Organist.

Perti, Giacomo Antonio. b Bologna, 6 June 1661; d Bologna, 10 April 1756. 

Penna, Lorenzo. b Bologna, 1613; d Bologna, 31 Oct 1693. Theorist.

Pistocchi, Francesco Antonio Mamiliano [‘Il Pistocchino’]. b Palermo, 1659; d Bologna, 13 May 1726. Singer.

Porfirii, Pietro. b Mondolfo, c1640; d after 1714. 

Rolli, Paolo Antonio. b Rome, 13 June 1687; d Todi, 20 March 1765. Italian librettist and poet.

Rognoni (2) Giovanni Domenico Taeggio. b ?Milan, c1550; d ?Milan, c1624). Organist, son of Ricardo Rognoni.

Rossi, Don [Nicolò] Francesco [de] Rossi. Canon of Bari Cathedral from 1677, maestro di cappella there.

Rossi, Michelangelo [Michel Angelo del Violino]. b Genoa, 1601/2; d Rome, bur. 7 July 1656. Violinist and organist.

Rovetta, Giovanni. b probably Venice or the Veneto, c1595; d Venice, 23 Oct 1668. Instrumentalist and singer.

Ruggieri, Giovanni Maria. fl c1690--1720. 

Sabbatini, Galeazzo. b ?Pesaro, 1597; d Pesaro, 6 Sept 1662. 

Sartorio, Antonio. b Venice, 1630; d Venice, 30 Dec 1680. 

Stuck [Stück], Jean-Baptiste [‘M. Baptiste’, Baptistin] (b 1680; d Paris, 8 Dec 1755. Cellist of German descent.

Taglietti, Luigi. b 1668; d ?Brescia, 1715). Trumpet marine player.

Urio, Francesco Antonio. b Milan, c1631; d Milan, c1719. Franciscan friar.

Valentini, Giuseppe. b Florence, 14 Dec 1681; d Rome, Nov 1753. 

Veracini, Antonio. b Florence, 17 Jan 1659; d Florence, 26 Oct 1733. Violinist.

Vitali, Giovanni Battista. b Bologna, 18 Feb 1632; d Bologna, 12 Oct 1692. Cellist and singer.

Vivaldi, Antonio. b Venice, 4 March 1678; d Vienna, 27/8 July 1741. 

Zanata, Domenico. b Verona, c1665; d Verona, 5 Aug 1748. 

Zarlino, Gioseffo. b Chioggia, Jan 1517; d Venice, 4 Feb 1590.