List of Portuguese composers
A list of notable Portuguese composers
- King Dinis I, King of Portugal, composer and troubadour. He composed more than 200 Friend songs and Love songs that are still played in Coimbra.
- 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
- 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
- Manuel Correia (1600–1653), composer and kapellmeister at the La Seo Cathedral
- 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 1722–1752), 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 (15 Italian operas) and harpsichord player
Classic period – Early Romanticism
- 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).
20th century – Present day
- Fernando Lopes Graça (1906–1994), composer and musicologist
- Joly Braga Santos (1924–1988), contemporary composer and conductor
- Zeca Afonso (1929–1987), composer and singer
- Álvaro Salazar (1938–), composer, songwriter and conductor
- Jorge Peixinho (1940–1995), contemporary music composer
- Emmanuel Nunes (1941–), contemporary music composer
- Adriano Correia de Oliveira (1942–1982), composer and singer
- Sérgio Godinho (1945–), composer and singer
- Amílcar Dias (1945–), composer and maestro
- Joao Pedro Oliveira (1950–), electronic contemporary and instrumental music composer
- António Pinho Vargas (1951–), jazz and contemporary music pianist and composer
- António de Sousa Dias (1959–), electronic contemporary and instrumental music composer
- Ernesto Rodrigues (1959–), composer and violinist
- António Chagas Rosa (1960–), contemporary composer
- Isabel Soveral (1961–), contemporary composer
- Eurico Carrapatoso (1962–), composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works
- Pilar Homem de Melo (1963–), composer and pianist
- Sérgio Azevedo (1968–), contemporary composer
- Pedro Amaral (1972–), contemporary composer and conductor
- Bruno Bizarro (1979–), film composer, composer, songwriter
- Pedro Camacho (1979–), videogame music composer
- Luis Tinoco (1969–), contemporary music composer
A-Z
An A-Z list ordered by first name.
References
- VASCONCELOS, André. Música em Portugal, Porto Editora.
- Dicionário de História de Portugal, editado por Joel Serrão
- Grande Enciclopédia Portuguesa-Brasileira ed. de 1945
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