Editing Venice (section)

=== Music ===
* [[Andrea Gabrieli]] ({{circa|1510}}–1586), Italian composer and organist at [[St Mark's Basilica]]<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Gabrieli, Giovanni |volume=11 |page=381; see line 2 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Giovanni Gabrieli]] (1554/1557–1612), composer and organist at St Mark's Basilica<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Gabrieli, Giovanni |volume=11 |page=381 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Claudio Monteverdi]] (1567–1643), composer, string player, choirmaster and Catholic priest<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Monteverde, Claudio |volume=18 |page=778 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Francesco Cavalli]] (1602–1676), [[baroque music|baroque]] composer<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Cavalli, Francesco |volume=5 |page=563 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Barbara Strozzi]] (1619–1677), composer and singer
* [[Tomaso Albinoni]] (1671–1751), baroque composer<ref>{{cite book |last=Domenico |first=Roy Palmer |title=The Regions of Italy: A Reference Guide to History and Culture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wZ-PMNC5XOkC&pg=PA379 |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] |year=2002 |page=379 |isbn=9780313307331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Albinoni, Tomasso |volume=1 |page=510 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Antonio Vivaldi]] (1678–1741), composer and violinist of the Baroque Era
* [[Domenico Montagnana]] (1686–1750), Italian master [[luthier]]. He made the [[violin]] and [[cello]].
* [[Pietro Guarneri]] (1695–1762), luthier, settled in Venice 1717, ''Peter of Venice''<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Guarnieri |volume=12 |page=660 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Lorenzo Da Ponte]] (1749–1838), opera librettist and poet. He wrote the librettos for 28 operas by 11 composers, including [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]].
* [[Domenico Dragonetti]] (1763–1846), double bass virtuoso and composer<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Dragonetti, Domenico |volume=8 |page=468 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]] (1876–1948), Italian composer, mostly of comic opera
* [[Virgilio Ranzato]] (1883–1937), Italian composer and violinist
* [[Bruno Maderna]] (1920–1973), Italian-German orchestra director and music composer
* [[Luigi Nono (composer)|Luigi Nono]] (1924–1990), leading composer of instrumental and electronic music
* [[Giuseppe Sinopoli]] (1946–2001), conductor and composer
* [[Claudio Ambrosini]] (born 1948), composer and conductor<ref>{{cite book |last=Elmer |first=Michele |title=Imagine Math 2: Between Culture and Mathematics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4IjFBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA11 |publisher=[[Springer Science & Business Media]] |date=4 October 2013 |page=11 |isbn=9788847028890}}</ref>
* [[Giovanni Gallo (choreographer)|Giovanni Gallo]] ({{floruit|1726|1749}}), Italian choreographer of ballets within operas<ref name="Grove">{{Cite encyclopedia |author=Irene Alm|date=2002|entry=Gallo [Galli, Galletto], Giovanni |encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O006334}}</ref>

[[File:Tintoretto-selfport.jpg|thumb|140px|[[Tintoretto]], self portrait, 1588]]