Giovanni Canti was an Italian firm of music publishers and copyists in Milan.
Clients of Giovanni Canti included Giuseppe Verdi and Friedrich Kalkbrenner among many others.
The business was originally located at 1042 Contrada S Margherita but in 1865 it moved to new premises at 11 via Meravigli.
He ran the business until his death in 1876 at which point his sister (Giovanni Canti's daughter) Anna ran the business until 1878 when it was sold to the widow of Italian music engraver Francesco Lucca (1802-1872).
That merged firm, known as Lucca & Canti, was in turn sold a decade later to Casa Ricordi in 1888 at which point it was absorbed into that publishing house.