Which Italian composer was from the earliest time period, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi or Giacomo Puccini?
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Giovanni Battista Draghi (] ; 4 January 1710 – 16 March 1736), best known as Pergolesi (] ) or Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, was an Italian composer, violinist and organist.
Gherardello da Firenze Gherardello da Firenze (also Niccolò di Francesco or Ghirardellus de Florentia) ( 1320-1325 – 1362 or 1363) was an Italian composer of the "Trecento". He was one of the first composers of the period sometimes known as the "Italian ars nova".