Michael Owen Talbot, FBA (born 4 January 1943 in Luton) is a British musicologist and composer.

Talbot is a former Professor of Music at the University of Liverpool. An expert in Italian baroque music, Talbot has authored monographs on Antonio Vivaldi and Tommaso Albinoni, and is an editor of the scholarly journal “Studi Vivaldiani”. He is also active as a historicist composer, and a member of the “Vox Saeculorum” society.

Talbot’s expertise has been called upon in instances where the authenticity and/or provenance of works has been questioned, including the discovery of the possible Vivaldi work Andromeda Liberata.[6]