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List of Portuguese composers

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This is a chronological list of notable classical Portuguese composers.

Contents

Middle Ages

  • King Dinis I, King of Portugal, composer and troubadour. He composed more than 200 cantigas.
  • José Mendes Figueira (brother of Carlos Mendes Figueira) (1224–1269), composer and troubadour
  • Carlos Mendes Figueira (brother of José Mendes Figueira) (1228–1286), composer and flutist
  • João Gonçalves Miguel de Silves (1346–1389), duke of Silves and Loulé, composer and troubadour

    • Renaissance

  • Pedro de Escobar (c. 1465 – after 1535), composer and flutist
  • Cosme Delgado (dates unknown), composer of polyphony, kapellmeister in Évora and pedagogue
  • Vicente Lusitano (d. after 1561), composer and music theorist
  • Bartolomeo Trosylho (1500–1567), composer and kapellmeister in the Lisbon Cathedral
  • Damião de Góis (1502–1574), humanist philosopher, composer, student of Erasmus, secretary at a trading post in Antwerp
  • António Carreira (1520–1597), composer and organist
  • Diogo Dias Melgás (1538–1600), composer of polyphony
  • Pedro de Cristo (1545–1618), composer of polyphony
  • Manuel Mendes (1547–1605), composer and maestro
  • Heliodoro de Paiva (fl. 1552), composer, philosopher and theologian
  • Manuel Rodrigues Coelho (1555–1635), composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque
  • Duarte Lobo (1565–1646), composer, choirmaster and musical director
  • Manuel Cardoso (1566–1650), composer and organist
  • Gaspar Fernandes (1566–1629), composer and organist
  • Estêvão de Brito (1570–1641), composer of polyphony of the late Renaissance and early Baroque
  • Filipe de Magalhães (1571–1652), composer of sacred polyphony and teacher of Estêvão Lopes Morago, Estêvão de Brito and Manuel Correia
  • Manuel Machado (1590–1646), composer and harpist
  • King John IV (1603–1656), King of Portugal and early musicologist, with an essay on Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    • Baroque

  • Manuel Correia (1600–1653), composer and kapellmeister at the La Seo Cathedral
  • D. Pedro da Esperanca (+24.6.1660) “insignis pulsator organorum”, cannon regular of the Monastery of the Holy Cross in Coimbra
  • Filipe da Madre de Deus (1633–1688), composer and kapellmeister of the royal music chamber
  • King Peter II (1648–1706), King of Portugal and composer (only ten organ pieces)
  • João Rodrigues Esteves, (1700–1751) composer of religious music
  • Carlos Seixas (1704–1742), composer and organist
  • António Teixeira (1707 – after 1769), composer and chief of the choir of Lisbon Cathedral
  • Francisco António de Almeida (before 1722 – c.1755), composer and organist
  • Abbot António da Costa (1714–1780), composer, violinist, clerig and epistlegraph
  • Luciano Xavier dos Santos (1734–1808), composer and head of the Setúbal Choir.
  • João de Sousa Carvalho (1745–1798), composer and harpsichordist

    • Classical period

  • Pedro António Avondano (1714–1782), composer and organist (the first Portuguese composer of the Classical period)
  • João Pedro de Almeida Mota (1744–1817), Portuguese composer, worked in Spain for many years, where he died. His works are scattered by these two countries.
  • José Joaquim dos Santos (1747–1801), composer (famous for his religious music: Stabat Mater for three voices, 2 sopranos, bass, with 2 violins and violoncello and the 5 Misereres)
  • João José Baldi (1770–1816), composer (famous for his operas) and pianist
  • João Domingos Bomtempo (1775–1842), pianist, composer and pedagogue
  • Marcos Portugal (1762–1830), composer (famous for his operas) and maestro at Teatro S. Carlos in Lisbon
  • Peter IV of Portugal (1798–1836), King of Portugal and Emperor of Brazil who was also a composer (pupil of Marcos Portugal and Nunes Garcia, as well as Sigismund Von Neucomm, a pupil of Haydn).

    • Romanticism – early 20th century

  • Manuel Inocêncio Liberato dos Santos (1805–1887), composer and pianist
  • Francisco de Sá Noronha (1820–1881), composer and violinist
  • José Augusto Ferreira Veiga, Viscount of Arneiro, (1838–1903) composer and ballet choreographer
  • Alfredo Keil (1850–1907), composer of operas and author of the music of the Portuguese national anthem
  • José Vianna da Motta (1868–1948), pianist, teacher and composer
  • Óscar da Silva (1870–1958), pianist, teacher and composer
  • Luís de Freitas Branco (1890–1955), composer and academic
  • António Fragoso (1897–1918), pianist and composer
  • Fernando Lopes Graça (1906–1994), composer and musicologist
  • Eurico Thomaz de Lima (1908-1989), composer, pianist and pedagogue
  • Joly Braga Santos (1924–1988), contemporary composer and conductor

    • Contemporary

  • Fernando Corrêa de Oliveira (1921–2004), composer
  • Álvaro Salazar (1938–), composer, songwriter and conductor
  • Jorge Peixinho (1940–1995), contemporary music composer
  • António Victorino de Almeida (1940–), contemporary music composer
  • Emmanuel Nunes (1941–2012), contemporary music composer
  • António Pinho Vargas (1951–), jazz and contemporary music pianist and composer
  • António Chagas Rosa (1960–), contemporary composer
  • Isabel Soveral (1961–), contemporary composer
  • Eurico Carrapatoso (1962–), composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works
  • Rodrigo Leão (1964–), contemporary composer, instrumental music composer, filme composer
  • Sérgio Azevedo (1968–) , contemporary composer
  • Bruno Bizarro (1979–), film composer, composer, songwriter
  • Pedro Macedo Camacho (1979–), concert music composer, videogame and film composer
  • Luís Tinoco (1969–), contemporary music composer
  • Isabel Pires (1970–), electronic contemporary and instrumental music composer
  • Hélder Bruno (1976–), composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral and vocal works

    • References

    List of Portuguese composers Wikipedia
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