Editing List of Italian composers (section)

==B==
[[File:Vincenzo bellini.jpg|thumb|[[Vincenzo Bellini]]]]
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*[[Ippolito Baccusi]] (c. 1550–1609)
*[[Rosa Giacinta Badalla]] (c. 1660{{Spaced en dash}}c. 1710)
*[[Pietro Baldassare]] (c. 1683{{Spaced en dash}}after 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. 1570{{Spaced en dash}}c. 1618)
*[[Bartolino da Padova]] (fl. c. 1365{{Spaced en dash}}c. 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)
*[[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.1575{{Spaced en dash}}after 1613) 
*[[Vincenzo Bellavere]] (c.1540/41–1587)
*[[Domenico Belli]] (died 1627)
*[[Giulio Belli]] (c.1560{{Spaced en dash}}1621 or later)
*[[Vincenzo Bellini]] (1801–1835), famous for his opera ''[[Norma (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]] (1730/40{{Spaced en dash}}c. 1799)
*[[Andrea Bernasconi]] (c. 1706–1784)
*[[Antonio Bertali]] (1605–1669)
*[[Giuseppe Bertini (composer)|Giuseppe Bertini]] (1759–1852)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |editor= [[Stanley Sadie]]|date=2001|entry=Bertini, Giuseppe|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.02918}}</ref>
*[[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]] ({{flourished|1616|1624}})<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |author= Tim Carter|date=2001|entry=Bettini, Giovanni|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.02978}}</ref>
*[[Francesco Bianchi (composer)|Francesco Bianchi]] (1752–1810), also ''Giuseppe Francesco Bianchi''
*[[Giovanni Bianchi (composer, born c. 1660)|Giovanni Bianchi]] (c. 1660 – after 1720)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |author=Robin Bowman|author2=Eleanor F. McCrickard|date=2001|entry=Bianchi, Giovanni|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03020}}</ref>
*[[Giovanni Battista Bianchi (composer, flourished 1675)|Giovanni Battista Bianchi]] (flourished 1675)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |author=Colin Timms|date=2001|entry=Bianchi, Giovanni Battista (i)|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03021}}</ref>
*[[Giovanni Battista Bianchi (composer, flourished 1780–1782)|Giovanni Battista Bianchi]] (flourished 1780–1782)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |author=Alfred Loewenberg|date=2001|entry=Bianchi, Giovanni Battista (ii) |encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03022}}</ref>
*[[Oscar Bianchi]] (born 1975), wrote ''[[Thanks to My Eyes]]''
*[[Giovanni Battista Bianchini]] (after 1650–1708)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |author=Angela Lepore|date=2001|entry=Bianchini [Blanchino], Giovanni Battista|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.45015}}</ref>
*[[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.1739{{Spaced en dash}}after 1767)
*[[Valerio Bona]] (c.1560{{Spaced en dash}}c.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)
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