List of Portuguese composers

This is a chronological list of notable classical Portuguese composers.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

Middle Ages

• King Dinis I (1261–1325), King of Portugal, composer and troubadour. He composed more than 200 cantigas.

Renaissance

• Pedro de Escobar (c. 1465 –after 1535), composer and flutist
• Cosme Delgado (c. 1530–1596), 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
• Estêvão Lopes Morago (c. 1575-1630), Spanish-born composer of sacred polyphony who lived and worked most of his life in Portugal
• Manuel Machado (1590–1646), composer and harpist

Baroque

• Manuel Correia (1600–1653), composer and kapellmeister at the La Seo Cathedral
• King John IV (1603–1656), King of Portugal and early musicologist, with an essay on Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
• João Lourenço Rebelo(1610–1665), composer close to John IV
• 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
• Frei Jacinto do Sacramento (1712–1780?), harpsichordist, organist and composer in Lisbon
• Alberto Joseph Gomes da Silva (v.1713–1795), composer and organist
• Francisco António de Almeida (before 1722 – c.1755), composer and organist
• João de Sousa Carvalho (1745–1798), composer and harpsichordist
• José Joaquim dos Santos (? 1747–1801), graduate of Royal Patriarchal Music Seminary, teacher, composer, singer, organist and conductor (famous for his religious music: Stabat Mater for three voices, 2 sopranos, bass, with 2 violins and violoncello and the 5 Misereres).

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.
• 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
• Luís de Freitas Branco (1890–1955), composer and academic
• António Fragoso (1897–1918), pianist and composer
• Eurico Thomaz de Lima (1908–1989), composer, pianist and pedagogue

Contemporary

• Álvaro Salazar (1938–), composer, songwriter and conductor
• António Chagas Rosa (1960–), contemporary composer
• António Pinho Vargas (1951–), jazz and contemporary music pianist and composer
• António Victorino de Almeida (1940–), contemporary music composer
• Bruno Bizarro (1979–), film composer, composer, songwriter
• Carlos Caires (1968–), contemporary music composer, researcher in computer music and teacher
• Constança Capdeville (1937–1992), contemporary music composer and teacher
• Emmanuel Nunes (1941–2012), contemporary music composer
• Eurico Carrapatoso (1962–), composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works
• Fernando Corrêa de Oliveira (1921–2004), composer
• Fernando Lopes Graça (1906–1994), composer and musicologist
• Isabel Soveral (1961–), contemporary composer
• Jaime Reis (1983–), contemporary composer
• Joly Braga Santos (1924–1988), contemporary composer and conductor
• Jorge Peixinho (1940–1995), contemporary music composer and teacher
• Luís Tinoco (1969–), contemporary music composer
• Pedro Macedo Camacho (1979–), concert music composer, ^[1] videogame and film composer ^[2]
• Rodrigo Leão (1964–), contemporary composer, instrumental music composer, film composer

References

1. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : "Pedro Macedo Camacho - Requiem Inês de Castro - V. Agnus Dei (Coimbra) Soprano Carla Caramujo". YouTube .
2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine : "Pedro Macedo Camacho - Emotional Commercial - CGD". YouTube .

• VASCONCELOS, André. Música em Portugal, Porto Editora.
• Dicionário de História de Portugal, editado por Joel Serrão
• Grande Enciclopédia Portuguesa-Brasileira ed. de 1945