Possible Clues:

• British-Italian music man recruits others to back shows
• Sir Francesco Paolo --, 1846-1916, Italian-born composer
• Composer from Quito sticks to light music
• British composer is into its complications
• Was it for him to sit and sing Good-bye?
• Instrumental passage from Little Dorrit or Nelly's Version
• It's old-time retro for this song writer
• Italian composer to dump resident, no good
• Composer from Sacramento sticks to drawing-room songs
• Is it with a drunkard up here for a goodbye?