Which Italian composer was from the earliest time period, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi or Giacomo Puccini?
Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (] ; 22 December 1858 29 November 1924) was an Italian opera composer who has been called "the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi".
Francesco Corselli Francesco Corselli (Piacenza, April 19, 1705 - April 3, 1778 in Madrid) was an Italian composer of the pre-classical period.