BRAZILIAN COMPOSERS FROM COLONIAL AGE (1500) UNTIL INDEPENDENCY TIME (1822)

COMPOSER

Chronology

Unknown
Masters-of-Chapel,
Civic Ceremonies and Court
Festivities
(no work was found but we have
news from travelers and
authorities)
Francisco Martins
Incio Ribeiro Nia
Caetano de Mello Jesus
Jos Alves
Joo de Arajo Silva
Jernimo de Sousa Lobo
Joo Jos das Chagas
Jos Maria Xavier
Jos Teodoro Gonalves de Melo
Pedro Leo
Manuel da Silva Rosa
Francisco de Santa Eullia
Antnio Nunes Siqueira
ngelo de Siqueira
Faustino do Prado Xavier
Lus lvares Pinto
Incio Parreiras Neves
Antnio Manso da Mota
Manoel Dias de Oliveira
Domingos Caldas Barbosa
Marcos Coelho Neto
Joo Damasceno de Crdova
Jos Joaquim Emerico Lobo
Mesquita
Francisco Gomes da Rocha
Andr da Silva Gomes

16th to 18th
Centuries

1620 ? 1680
1688 1773
18th Century
18th Century
18th Century
18th Century
18th Century
18th Century
18th Century
18th Century
? -1793
? -1814
1701 ? 1770 ?
1707 ? - ?
1708-1800
1719 ? 1789 ?
1730 ? 1791 ?
1732-1812
1735 ? 1813
1738-1800
17401806
1743- ?
1746 ? 1805
1750 ? 1808
17521844

Place of the Work

Aesthetic Concert
Music
Salvador, Olinda, Recife
COL
X
Rio de Janeiro, So Paulo
etc.

Portugal/Minas Gerais (?)

Recife
Salvador
Portugal/So Paulo (?)
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
So Paulo
So Paulo
Recife
Vila Rica (Ouro Preto)
Minas/Bahia/So Paulo
So Joo Del Rei
Brasil/Portugal
Vila Rica (Ouro Preto)
Santos
Vila
Rica
(Ouro
Preto/MG)
Vila Rica (Ouro Preto)
Portugal/So Paulo

BAR
BAR
BAR
BAR
NMG
NMG
NMG
NMG
NMG
BAR
BAR
BAR
BAR
BAR
BAR
BAR
NMG
BAR
NMG
BAR
NMG
BAR
NMG
NMG
BAR

no work

Opera Religious Education

Music
X

was

X
X

X
found
?
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

Dance
Vocal Music
X

X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X

X
?
?

COMPOSER

Chronology

Place of the Work

Domingos Simes da Cunha

Marcos Antonio da Fonseca
Portugal
Manuel Julio da Silva Ramos
Jesuno Francisco de Paula
Gusmo
(Frei Jesuno Monte Carmelo)
Jos Maurcio Nunes Garcia
Bernardo Jos de Sousa Queirs
Sigismund Neukomm
Damio Barbosa de Arajo
Jernimo de Sousa Lobo
Joaquim de Paula Sousa
Pedro Teixeira Seixas
Miguel Teodoro Ferreira
Jos Pereira Rebouas
Jernimo Pinto Nogueira
Gabriel Fernandes da Trindade
Manuel Jos Gomes
Joo de Deus Castro Lobo
Francisco Manuel da Silva
D. Pedro 1o
Frutuoso de Matos Couto
Jos Rodriguez Dominguez de
Meirelles
Florentino Rodrigues da Silva
Cndido Incio da Silva
Joo Francisco de Sousa
Coutinho
Domingos
da
Rocha
Mussurunga

1755-1824
17621830

Brasil
Portugal/ Rio de Janeiro

1763- ?
1764-1819

Minas Gerais
So Paulo/Rio de Janeiro

BAR
BAR

17671830
1770 ? 1850 ?
1778-1858
1778-1856
1780-1810
1780 ? 1842
1780 ? -1832
17881818
17891843
1789-1854
1790 ? 1854
1792-1868
17941832
17951865
1798-1834
Sculos 18-19
Sculos 18-19

Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Austria/Brasil/France
Salvador/Rio de Janeiro
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Rio de Janeiro
Minas Gerais
Bahia
Bahia
Portugal ?/Rio de Janeiro
So Paulo/Campinas (SP)
Minas Gerais
Rio de Janeiro
Brasil/Portugal
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais

TRAN
TRAN
TRAN
TRAN
NMG
NMG
TRAN
NMG
TRAN
BAR
TRAN
TRAN
NMG
TRAN
TRAN
NMG
NMG

Sculos 18-19 Bahia

1800 ? 1838 Rio de Janeiro
1804-1869
Santa Catarina
1807-1856

Salvador

Aesthetic Concert
Music
BAR
TRAN

Opera Religious Education

Music
X
X
X
X

Dance
Vocal Music
X
X

X
X

X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X
X

X
X

BAR
TRAN
TRAN

TRAN

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

X
X

X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X

X
X

X
X

19th CENTURY BRAZILIAN COMPOSERS

COMPOSER
Henrique Alves de Mesquita
Elias lvares Lobo
Jos Pedro de Santana Gomes
Joo Pedro Gomes Cardim
Antnio Carlos Gomes
Joo Gomes de Arajo
Arthur Napoleo
Braslio Itiber da Cunha
Francisca Edviges Neves Gonzaga
(Chiquinha Gonzaga)
Leopoldo Miguz
Henrique Oswald
Ernesto Nazareth
Alexandre Levy
Alberto Nepomuceno
Paulo Florence
Carlos de Campos
Antnio Francisco Braga
Joaquim Antnio Barroso Neto
Samuel Arcanjo dos Santos
Glauco Velazques

Chronology

Place of the Work Aesthetic

1830-1906
1834-1901
1834-1908
1835-1918
1836-1896
1846-1943
1843-1925
1846-1913
1847-1935

Brasil/France
Brasil
Campinas (SP)
Portugal/Brasil
Brasil/ Italy
Brasil/Italy
Portugal/Brasil
Brasil/Germany
Rio de Janeiro

1850-1902
1852-1931
1863-1934
1864-1892
1864-1920
1864-1949
1866-1927
1868-1945
1881-1941
1882-1957
1884-1914

Brasil/Europa
Brasil/Europa
Rio de Janeiro
Brasil/Europe
Brasil/Europe
Brasil/Europe
So Paulo
Brasil/Europe
Brasil/Europe
Brasil
Brasil/Europe

ROM
ROM
ROM
ROM
ROM
ROM
ROM
ROM
VAR
ROM
ROM
VAR
NAC
NAC
INT
ROM
INT
INT
INT
INT

Concert
Music
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

Opera Religious Education

Music
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

X
X

X
X

X
X

X
X
X

X
X

Dance
Vocal Music
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X

X
X
X
X

X
X
X

20th CENTURY BRAZILIAN COMPOSERS

COMPOSER

Chronology

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Ernani Costa Braga
Luciano Gallet
Jaime Ovale
Frutuoso Viana
Braslio Ferreira da Cunha Luz
Heckel Tavares
Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez
Francisco Paulo Mignone
Antonio de Assis Republicano
Ernani Braga
Joo de Souza Lima

1887-1959
1888-1948
1893-1931
1894-1955
1896-1976
1896-1967
1896-1969
1897-1948
1897-1986
1897-1960
1898-1948
1898-1982

Walter Burle-Marx

1902-1990

Radams Gnatalli
Jos Siqueira
Mozart Camargo Guarnieri
Lus Cosme
Jos Vieira Brando
Walter Smetak
Csar Guerra Peixe
Hans Joachim Koellreutter
Alceu Bochino
Cludio Santoro
Ernst Widmer
Gilberto Mendes
Bruno Kiefer
Pe. Jos de Almeida Penalva
Esther Scliar
Nilson Lombardi
Osvaldo Lacerda

1906-1988
1907-1985
1907-1993
1908-1965
1911-2000
1913-1984
1914-1993
1915-2005
1918
1919-1989
1922-1990
1922
1923-1987
1924-2002
1926-1978
1926
1927

Place of the Work

Aesthetic Concert Opera Religious

Music
Music
Brasil/Europe/USA
MOD
X
X
X
Brasil/Latin Amrica
N 20
X
Rio de Janeiro
N 20
X
X
Brasil
N 20
X
Brasil
N 20
X
Curitiba/Rio de Janeiro
N 20
X
X
Brasil
N 20
X
X
Rio de Janeiro
MOD
X
X
Brasil/Europe
MOD
X
X
X
Porto Alegre/Belo Horizonte/Rio
N 20
X
X
Brasil
N 20
X
Brasil/Latin
MOD
X
X
America/Europe/USA
Brasil/Latin
MOD
X
X
America/Europe/USA
Porto Alegre/Rio de Janeiro
N 20
X
X
X
Brasil/Europe
N 20
X
X
So Paulo
N 20
X
X
X
Porto Alegre/USA/France
N 20
X
X
Rio/Latin America/USA
MOD
X
X
X
Switzerland/Brasil
PRE
Rio de Janeiro
MOD
X
X
Germany/Brasil/Japan/ndia
PRE
X
X
Rio de Janeiro
MOD
X
Brasil/Soviet Union/Germany
PRE
X
X
X
Switzerland/Brasil
PRE
X
X
Santos/So Paulo
PRE
X
X
Germany/Porto Alegre
PRE
X
Campinas (SP) /Curitiba
PRE
X
X
Porto Alegre/Rio
PRE
X
X
So Paulo
PRE
X
So Paulo
N 20
X
X

Education

X
X
X
X
X

Dance
Vocal Music
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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COMPOSER
Edino Krieger
Mrio Tavares
Ernst Mahle
Emilio Terraza
Edmundo Villani-Cortez
Damiano Cozzella
Brenno Blauth
Frederico Richter
Lus Carlos Lessa Vinholes
Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes
Yves Rudner Schmidt
Srgio Oliveira de Vasconcellos
Corra
Zbiegniew Henrique Morozowicz
(Henrique de Curitiba)
Rufo Herrera
Raul do Valle
Jocy de Oliveira
Mrio Ficarelli
Eduardo Alberto Escalante
Willy Correia de Oliveira
Lindembergue Rocha Cardoso
Marlos Nobre
Ricardo Tacuchian
Guilherme Bauer
Conrado Silva
Fernando Barbosa de Cerqueira
Jorge de Freitas Antunes
Agnaldo Ribeiro
Jos Antonio Resende de
Almeida Prado
Aylton Escobar

Chronology
1928
1928
1929
1929
1930
1930
1931-1993
1932
1933
1933
1933
1934
1934
1935
1936
1936
1937
1937
1938
1939-1989
1939
1939
1940
1940
1941
1942
1943
1943
1943

Place of the Work

Aesthetic Concert Opera Religious

Music
Music
USA/
PRE
X
X
X

Education

Dance
Vocal Music
X

Santa Catarina/ Rio/

England
Brasil
Germany/Brasil
Argentina/Brasil
Juiz de Fora (MG)/Rio/SP
So Paulo
Porto Alegre/Rio/SP
Brasil
Pelotas (RS)/So Paulo/Braslia
Campinas/So Paulo
So Paulo
So Paulo

N 20
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
MOD
N 20

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

Curitiba/USA/Europe

PRE

Argentina/Belo Horizonte
So Paulo/Campinas/Europe
Rio de Janeiro/Europe
So Paulo
Argentina/So Paulo
Brasil/Europe
Salvador
Recife/Rio/SP/Europe
Rio de Janeiro/USA
Rio de Janeiro
Uruguay/Braslia
Bahia
Rio de Janeiro/Braslia/Europe
Bahia
Santos/Campinas/So
Paulo/Europe
So Paulo

PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

PRE

X
X

X
X
X

X
X

X
X

X
X
X

X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X
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COMPOSER

Chronology

Place of the Work

Jamary Oliveira
Calimrio Soares
Marisa Resende
Egberto Gismonti
Vnia Dantas Leite
Lus Carlos Cseko
Henrique Davi Korenchendler
Ilza Maria Costa Nogueira
Carlos Kater
Ronaldo Miranda
Nestor de Hollanda Cavalcanti
Ernni Aguiar
Arrigo Barnab
Rodolfo Coelho de Souza
Jos Carlos do Amaral Vieira
Filho
Ney Rosauro
Paulo Chagas
Paulo Costa Lima
Marco Padilha
lvaro Guimares
Harry Crowl
Jos Augusto Mannis
Slvio Ferraz
Slvia de Lucca
Wellington Gomes
Jnatas Manzolli
Tim Rescala
Lvio Tragtenberg
Florivaldo Menezes

1944
1944
1944
1944
1945
1945
1948
1948
1948
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1952

Salvador
Brasil/England
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Bahia/Braslia/USA
Rio de Janeiro
Bahia
Belo Horizonte
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio/Latin America/Europe
So Paulo
So Paulo/USA
So Paulo/Europe

1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1958
1958
1959
1960
1960
1961
1961
1961
1962

Santa Maria (RS)/USA

So Paulo/Germany
Salvador
Campinas (SP)
Bahia/Belo Horizonte/Belgium
Curitiba/Belo Horizonte
So Paulo/Campinas/France
So Paulo
So Paulo
Salvador
Campinas (SP)
Rio de Janeiro
So Paulo
So Paulo

Aesthetic Concert Opera Religious

Music
Music
PRE
X
PRE
X
X
X
PRE
X
PRE
X
PRE
X
PRE
X
PRE
X
X
PRE
X
PRE
X
PRE
X
X
PRE
X
MOD
X
X
X
PRE
X
X
PRE
X
PRE
X
X
X
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE
PRE

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

Education
X
X

X
X

Dance
Vocal Music
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X

X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

COL Masters-of-Chapel that lived in a period of aesthetic transition between the Gregorian Chants, the Renaissance and beginning of Baroque.
BAR Baroque Composers and Masters-of-Chapel, but also they work also to the Theater and Aristocratic Courts.
NMG Composers of Minas Gerais with a style that join Baroque and Classicism characteristics.
TRAN Composers of the transition from Classicism to Romantic Age that work in the Court of don John 6o (King of Portugal) in Rio de Janeiro
and other cities.
ROM Romantic Composers (influenced by Beethoven, Rossini, Verdi, Brahms, Wagner etc.), but who characteristics of the Classicism.
NAC Nationalist-Romantic Composers.
VAR Composers (with Romantic and Post-Romantic trends) who work in Pop Music area (with Nationalistic aspects).
INT Intermediates Composers born between 1860 and 1885 and they followed free characteristics from Romanticism, Post-Romanticism, little
Nationalist and until some Modernism Techniques.
N 20 20th Nationalists with Romanticism, Post-Romanticism, Neo-Classicism and until Modernism Techniques.
MOD Modernism with influences from: Debussy, Stravinsky, Milhaud, Bartk, Post-Romanticsm, Neo-Classicism, Pop/Folk Music etc.; they
worked with Classicism/Romantic genres (Symphonies, Tone Poems, Sonata etc.), but not influenced to the Nationalism.
PRE Present Day Composers with Contemporary Techniques: Twelve Tone System, Serialism, Microtonalism, Change Music, Electroacoustic,
Experimentalism, Post-Modernism and others trends; important groups: Grupo Msica Viva (founded in 1939 by Koellreutter and others),
Grupo Msica Nova (Willy Correa, Gilberto Mendes, Damiano Cozzela and others founded in 1963) and Universidade da Bahia
(flourished between 1960-1980).
Obs.: As the composers transit from an aesthetic to another one, I classified them in which their music predominated.
Concert Music: all genres of the Classical Music (sonata, chamber music, symphony, tone poem, ouverture etc.) and in the 20th Century
(Electroacoustic), utilitarian music: instrumental marches and civic hymns etc. and arranges/orchestration for Pop Music (Julio Medaglia, Rogrio
Duprat etc.)
Operas: peras, Operetas, Musicals etc. and music for Ballett and Theatre and soundtrack for Radio, TV and Movies
Education: method for performer and basic-civil schools; books and scholar thesis about music.
Dance and Vocal Music: Choral Music (cantatas, civic hymns etc.), song-chamber music, pop music and dances
This list, obviously, is incomplete. Others composers need to be listed. Also the foreign teachers of composition (Portuguese, Spanish, French,
Italian, German etc.) must be searched that they had developed its activities in Brazil.

This table was made by Edson Tadeu Ortolan ( eortolan@uol.com.br ).

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