Giovanni Canti was an Italian firm of music publishers and copyists in Milan. It was active from its founding in 1836 until it merged with the firm of music engraver Francesco Lucca in 1878 to form Lucca & Canti. That firm was sold to and absorbed by Casa Ricordi in 1888. Clients of Giovanni Canti included Giuseppe Verdi and Friedrich Kalkbrenner among many others. It published more that 9,500 works during its 42 year long history.[1]