Introduction
The earliest surviving lute music is Italian, from a late 15th-century manuscript. The early 16th century saw Petrucci's publications of lute music by Francesco Spinacino (fl. 1507) and Joan Ambrosio Dalza (fl. 1508); together with the so-called Capirola Lutebook, these represent the earliest stage of written lute music in Italy.
The leader of the next generation of Italian lutenists, Francesco Canova da Milano (1497–1543), is now acknowledged as one of the most famous lute composers in history. The bigger part of his output consists of pieces called fantasias or ricercares, in which he makes extensive use of imitation and sequence, expanding the scope of lute polyphony.
In the early 17th century Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger (c. 1580–1651) and Alessandro Piccinini (1566–1638) revolutionized the instrument's technique and Kapsberger, possibly, influenced the keyboard music of Frescobaldi.
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Italian composers
A
- Julio Abondante, fl.1546-1587
- Lorenzo Allegri, 1567-1648
- Marco dall Aquila, 1480-1538
B
- Bernardino Balletti, ? - 1568, no video
- Melchiore de Barberiis, 1546-1549
- Giulio Cesare Barbetta, 1540-1603,
- Leonora Baroni, 1611-1670, No music
- Angelo Michele Bartolotti, -1682
- Antonio Becchi, 1568, very limited
- Paolo Bellasio, 1554-1594, spotify only
- Jacques Belleville, fl. 1630
- Domenico Bianchini, 1510-1576
- Pietro Paolo Borrono, 1490-1563, Italy
- Franciscus Bossinensis, fl.1509–1511. Italy
- Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, 1690-1758, Italy/Germany
C
- Francesca Caccini. 1587-1641, Italy
- Giulio Caccini, 1551-1618
- Carlo Calvi, 1610-After 1646, Italy
- Vincenzo Capirola, 1474-1548
- Marco Fabrizio Caroso, 1526-1620, Italy
- Bellerofonte Castaldi, 1580 – 1649
- Diomedes Cato , 1565 –1618
- Sulpitia Cesis, 1576-, spotify only
- Giuseppe Colombi, 1635-1694, consort
- Francesco Corbetta, 1615-1681, Italy
- Giovanni Maria da Crema, 1492 - 1550
D
- Joan Ambrosio Dalza, fl. 1508
- Fabrizio Dentice, 1539-1581
- Luigi Dentice, 1510-1566
- Sigismondo D'Índia, 1582-1629
F
- Andrea Falconieri, 1585-1656
- Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder, 1543–1588
- Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger, 1575-1628
- Benedetto Ferrari, 1603, Songs
- Pietro Foscarini, 1578-
- Giovanni Paolo Foscarini, fl1600-1647
- Girolamo Frescobaldi, 1583 – 1643
G
- Michelagnolo Galilei, 1575–1631
- Vincenzo Galilei, 1520-1591
- Santino Garsi da Parma, 1542-1604
- Bernardo Gianoncelli, Before 1650
- Giacomo Gorzanis de Jacomo, 1520-1579
- Giovanni Battista Dalla Gostena, 1540-1598
- Luigi Groto, 1541-1585
I
- Sigismondo D'Índia, 1582-1629, Italy
K
- Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger, 1580-1651
L
- Stefano Landi, consort
- Francesco Landini, c1325-1397
- Johann Anton Logy, 1650 – 1721
- Arcangelo Lori, 1615-1679
- Jean Baptiste Lully, 1632-1687
- Luzzasco Luzzaschi, 1545-1607
M
- Benedetto Marcello, 1686-1739
- Pietro Paolo Melli, 1579
- Francesco da Milan, 1497 – 1543
- Giulio Segni Da Modena, 1498-1561
- Simone Molinaro, 1565-1615
- Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643
N
- Cesare Negri, 1535 – 1605
P
- Giovanni Paolo Paladino, fl.1540-1560
- Santino Garsi da Palma, 1542 – 1604
- Alessandro Piccinini, 1566-1638
- Marc Antonio Pifaro,1500- after 1575
R
- Pietro Paolo Raimondo, fl.1600
- Albert de Rippe, 1500-1551
- Ludovico Roncalli, fl.late 17th century,
- Salomone Rossi, 1570-1630, Consort
- Antonio Rotta, 1495-1549
S
- Giovanni Felice Sances, 1600-1679
- Domenico Scarlatti, 1685-1757
- Julio Segni, 1498-1561
- Francesco Spinacino, fl.1507
- Barbara Strozzi. 1619-1677
T
- Giovanni Antonio Terzi, fl.1580-1600
- Giovanni Angelo Testagrossa, 1470-1530
- Lorenzo Tracetti, fl1550-1600
U
- Nicola Ugolino, fl.1720
V
- Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741
- Girolamo Viviani, 17th century
Z
- Giovanni Zamboni, fl.1664-1721