The author embarked on a journey to analyze Italian music as a network, connecting artists to the bands they contributed to from the 1902 of Enrico Caruso to the present. The resulting bipartite network revealed interesting findings about the temporal proximity of bands and the genre clusters formed within Italian music history. Surprisingly, Gianni Maroccolo did not rank among the top ten central nodes in the network, with Paolo Fresu emerging as the most central artist. The study provides insight into the structure and dynamics of Italian music production, shedding light on influential figures and eras in the country’s musical landscape.
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