Domenico Vincenzo Maria Puccini (5 April 1772 – 25 May 1815) was an Italian composer, a contemporary of Muzio Clementi, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Franz Schubert and Ludwig van Beethoven. Puccini was born in Lucca into a Tuscan musical family of at least five generations: his father was Antonio Puccini, his grandfather was Giacomo Puccini (senior), his son was Michele Puccini, and his grandson was the opera composer Giacomo Puccini. His works include a piano concerto in B and several dozen piano sonatas. Puccini died in Lucca in 1815. References The Puccini companion, ed. by William Weaver and Simonetta Puccini (New York: W.W. Norton, [1994(?)]), . I Puccini: Musicisti di Lucca, Vol. 5, dir. by Gianfranco Cosmi (Bongiovanni, GB 2349–2, 2004), Audio CD. 1772 births 1815 deaths Italian male classical composers Musicians from Lucca 18th-century Italian composers 18th-century male musicians 19th-century Italian composers 19th-century classical composers 19th-century Italian male musicians