composers sharing a surname

[adamczyk]

Which surname is shared by composers Giovanni, Giuseppe and Pier Francesco. All born between 1550 and 1700

[maxi29]

Tough one. The famous Pier Francesco is Cavalli but I know of no other Cavallis of that name - there might be some though. There were a Giuseppe and Giovanni Sammartini, but don't know of a Pier Francesco of that name. Perhaps there is an obscure one that I don't know of. Not all that helpful, but it might point you in the right direction.

[geofbob]

I'm no classical music expert, but a search on Google indicated to me that there were musicians called Giovanni and Giuseppe Cavalli in the late 18th and early 19th centuries - see http://biblioteche.comune.parma.it/dm/558.htm