Chronological list of Brazilian classical composers
Colonial period
- António José da Silva (1705–1739)
- Luiz Álvares Pinto (1719–c.1789)
- Ignacio [Inácio] Parreiras Neves (c.1730–c.1793)
- José Joaquim Emerico Lobo de Mesquita (1746–1805)
- Francisco Gomes da Rocha (1746–1808)
- André da Silva Gomes (1752–1844)
- Marcos Coelho Neto (1763–1823)
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia (1767–1830)
- Damião Barbosa de Araújo (1778–1856)
Romantic
- Elias Álvares Lobo (1834–1901)
- Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836–1896)
- Henrique Alves de Mesquita (1836–1906)
- Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha (1846–1913)
- Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935)
- Leopoldo Miguez (1850–1902)
- Henrique Oswald (1852–1931)
- Alexandre Levy (1864–1892)
- Alberto Nepomuceno (1864–1920)
- Antônio Francisco Braga (1868–1945)
Modern/Contemporary
- Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959)
- Luciano Gallet (1893–1931)
- Oscar Lorenzo Fernández (1897–1948)
- Francisco Mignone (1897–1986)
- Radamés Gnattali (1906–1988)
- Mozart Camargo Guarnieri (1907–1993)
- José Siqueira (1907–1985)
- Luiz Cosme (1908–1965)
- Walter Smetak (1913–1984)
- César Guerra-Peixe (1914–1993)
- Claudio Santoro (1919–1989)
- Gilberto Mendes (born 1922)
- Ernst Widmer (1927–1990)
- Osvaldo Lacerda (1927–1990)
- Edino Krieger (born 1928)
- Damiano Cozzella (born 1930)
- Rogério Duprat (1932–2006)
- Sérgio Oliveira de Vasconcellos Corrêa (born 1934)
- Jocy de Oliveira (born 1936)
- Raul do Valle (born 1936)
- Willy Corrêa de Oliveira (born 1938)
- Lindembergue Cardoso (1939–1989)
- Marlos Nobre (born 1939)
- Ricardo Tacuchian (born 1939)
- Guilherme Bauer (born 1940)
- Fernando Cerqueira (born 1941)
- Jorge Antunes (born 1942)
- José Antônio de Almeida Prado (born 1943)
- Jamary Oliveira (born 1944)
- Marisa Rezende (born 1944)
- Luis Carlos Csekö (born 1945)
- Vânia Dantas Leite (born 1945)
- David Korenchendler (born 1948)
- Ronaldo Miranda (born 1948)
- Nestor de Hollanda Cavalcanti (born 1949)
- Ernani Aguiar (born 1950)
- José Carlos Amaral Vieira (born 1952)
- Rodolfo Coelho de Souza (born 1952)
- Paulo Costa Lima (born 1954)
- Harry Crowl (born 1958)
- José Augusto Mannis (born 1958)
- Sílvio Ferraz (born 1959)
- Roberto Victório (born 1959)
- Maurício Dottori (born 1960)
- Wellington Gomes (born 1960)
- Tim Rescala (born 1961)
- Alfredo Moura (born 1964)