Riccardo Gandolfi (16 February 1839 – 6 April 1920) was an Italian composer and music critic.
His second opera, Il paggio, was staged at the Royal Theater of Turin and used as libretto by Giovanni Peruzzini.
He wrote a number of symphonic and chamber works, including a requiem for King Carlo Alberto played in the Turin Cathedral.
However, Gandolfi served for two decades as librarian of the Conservatory Luigi Cherubini in Florence, and is best remembered for his publications on music and musicians.
He was honored as a cavaliere di Great Cross and awarded the medal of the Corona d'Italia in 1912.