Editing List of Italian composers (section)

==R==
[[File:Composer Rossini G 1865 by Carjat - Restoration.jpg|thumb|[[Gioachino Rossini]]]]
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*[[Pietro Raimondi]] (1786–1853)
*[[Giacomo Rampini]] (1680–1760), and namesake nephew (d. 1811)
*[[Matteo Rampollini]] (1497–1553)
*[[Virgilio Ranzato]] (1883–1937)
*[[Renato Rascel]] (1912–1991)
*[[Oreste Ravanello]] (1871–1938)
*[[Gino Redi]] (1908–1962), born ''Luigi Pulci'', also credited as ''P.G. Redi''
*[[Licinio Refice]] (1883–1954)
*[[Tony Renis]] (born 1938), born ''Elio Cesari''
*[[Paolo Renosto]] (1935–1988)
*[[Elsa Respighi]] (1894–1996), born Elsa Olivieri-Sangiacomo, wife of Ottorino
*[[Ottorino Respighi]] (1879–1936), known for his [[symphonic poem]]s ''[[Fontane di Roma|The Fountains of Rome]]'' and ''[[Pini di Roma|The Pines of Rome]]''
*[[Gian Franco Reverberi]] (born 1934)
*[[Gian Piero Reverberi]] (born 1939), brother of Gian Franco
*[[Giovanni Battista Riccio]] (late 16th century{{Spaced en dash}}after 1621), also known as ''Giambattista Riccio''
*[[Vittorio Rieti]] (1898–1994), composer of ''Barabau''
*[[Giovanni Antonio Rigatti]] (c. 1613–1648)
*[[Rinaldo di Capua]] (c.1705{{Spaced en dash}}c.1780)
*[[Giovanni Alberto Ristori]] (1692–1753)
*[[Andrea Rocca]] (born 1969)
*[[Rocco Rodio]] (c.1535{{Spaced en dash}}after 1615)
*[[Francesco Rognoni]] (late 16th century{{Spaced en dash}}after 1626), son of Riccardo
*[[Riccardo Rognoni]] (c.1550{{Spaced en dash}}before 1620), also ''Richardo Rogniono''
*[[Alessandro Rolla]] (1757–1841)
*[[Antonio Rolla]] (1798–1837), born ''Giuseppe Antonio Rolla'', son of Alessandro
*[[Fausto Romitelli]] (1963–2004)
*[[Lucia Ronchetti]] (born 1963)
*[[Stefano Ronchetti-Monteviti]] (1814–1882)
*[[Renzo Rossellini (composer)|Renzo Rossellini]] (1908–1982)
*[[Camilla de Rossi]] (fl. 1707–1710)
*[[Giuseppe de Rossi (composer)|Giuseppe de Rossi]] (born mid 17th-century - died c. 1719-1720)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|date= 2001|entry=Rossi, Giuseppe de|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.23890}}</ref>
*[[Giovanni Rossi (composer)|Giovanni Rossi]] (1828–1886)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/rossi-giovanni-gaetano|title=Rossi, Giovanni (Gaetano)|encyclopedia=[[Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians]]|author=Nicolas Slonimsky|author2=Laura Kuhn|author3=Dennis McIntire|year=2001}}</ref>
*[[Giovanni Battista Rossi]] ({{flourished|1585|1628}})<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |author=Tim Carter|date=2001|entry=Rossi, Giovanni Battista|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.23888}}</ref>
*[[Giovanni Maria de Rossi]] (c. 1522–1590)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |author=Pierre M. Tagmann|author2=Iain Fenlon|date= 20 December 2021|entry=Rossi [Rosso], Giovanni Maria de [del] [Il Rosso]|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.23889}}</ref>
*[[Luigi Rossi]] (c.1597–1653)
*[[Michelangelo Rossi]] (1601/02–1656)
*[[Salamone Rossi]] (c.1570–1630)
*[[Gioachino Rossini]] (1792–1868), best known for ''[[The Barber of Seville]]'' and overtures to other operas such as ''[[William Tell (opera)|William Tell]]''
*[[Nino Rota]] (1911–1979)
*[[Giovanni Rovetta]] (1596–1668)
*[[Francesco Rovigo]] (1540/41–1597)
*[[Ernesto Rubin de Cervin]] (1936–2013)
*[[Bonaventura Rubino]] (c.1600–1668)
*[[Vincenzo Ruffo]] (c.1508–1587)
*[[Claudia Rusca]] (1593–1676)
*[[Giacomo Rust]] (1741–1786), also ''Rusti''
*[[Paolo Rustichelli]] (born 1953)
*[[Giovanni Marco Rutini]] (1723–1797)
*Renzo Vitale - Italian composer
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