 There are no Italian symphonists in this century, the way one might speak of Brahms in Germany, for example.Many Italian composers, however, did write significant sacred music, such as Rossini a "Stabat Mater" and his late "Petite messe solennelle" and Verdi "Messa da Requiem" and "Quattro pezzi sacri".Romanticism in all European music certainly held on through the start of the 20th century.