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
Inácio Ribeiro Nóia
Caetano de Mello Jesus
José Alves
João de Araújo Silva
Jerônimo de Sousa Lobo
João José das Chagas
José Maria Xavier
José Teodoro Gonçalves de Melo
Pedro Leão
Manuel da Silva Rosa
Francisco de Santa Eulália
Antônio Nunes Siqueira
Ângelo de Siqueira
Faustino do Prado Xavier
Luís Álvares Pinto
Inácio Parreiras Neves
Antônio Manso da Mota
Manoel Dias de Oliveira
Domingos Caldas Barbosa
Marcos Coelho Neto
João Damasceno de Córdova
José Joaquim Emerico Lobo
Mesquita
Francisco Gomes da Rocha
André 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
1740–1806
1743- ?
1746 ? –1805
1750 ? –1808
1752–1844
Place of the Work
Aesthetic Concert
Music
Salvador, Olinda, Recife
COL
X
Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
etc.
Portugal/Minas Gerais (?)
Recife
Salvador
Portugal/São Paulo (?)
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo
São Paulo
Recife
Vila Rica (Ouro Preto)
Minas/Bahia/São Paulo
São João Del Rei
Brasil/Portugal
Vila Rica (Ouro Preto)
Santos
Vila
Rica
(Ouro
Preto/MG)
Vila Rica (Ouro Preto)
Portugal/São 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
X
X
found
?
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
?
?
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COMPOSER
Chronology
Place of the Work
Domingos Simões da Cunha
Marcos Antonio da Fonseca
Portugal
Manuel Julião da Silva Ramos
Jesuíno Francisco de Paula
Gusmão
(Frei Jesuíno Monte Carmelo)
José Maurício Nunes Garcia
Bernardo José de Sousa Queirós
Sigismund Neukomm
Damião Barbosa de Araújo
Jerônimo de Sousa Lobo
Joaquim de Paula Sousa
Pedro Teixeira Seixas
Miguel Teodoro Ferreira
José Pereira Rebouças
Jerônimo Pinto Nogueira
Gabriel Fernandes da Trindade
Manuel José Gomes
João de Deus Castro Lobo
Francisco Manuel da Silva
D. Pedro 1o
Frutuoso de Matos Couto
José Rodriguez Dominguez de
Meirelles
Florentino Rodrigues da Silva
Cândido Inácio da Silva
João Francisco de Sousa
Coutinho
Domingos
da
Rocha
Mussurunga
1755-1824
1762–1830
Brasil
Portugal/ Rio de Janeiro
1763- ?
1764-1819
Minas Gerais
São Paulo/Rio de Janeiro
BAR
BAR
1767–1830
1770 ? –1850 ?
1778-1858
1778-1856
1780-1810
1780 ? –1842
1780 ? -1832
1788–1818
1789–1843
1789-1854
1790 ? –1854
1792-1868
1794–1832
1795–1865
1798-1834
Séculos 18-19
Séculos 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
São 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
Séculos 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
X
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
X
X
X
X
2
19th CENTURY BRAZILIAN COMPOSERS
COMPOSER
Henrique Alves de Mesquita
Elias Álvares Lobo
José Pedro de Santana Gomes
João Pedro Gomes Cardim
Antônio Carlos Gomes
João Gomes de Araújo
Arthur Napoleão
Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha
Francisca Edviges Neves Gonzaga
(Chiquinha Gonzaga)
Leopoldo Miguéz
Henrique Oswald
Ernesto Nazareth
Alexandre Levy
Alberto Nepomuceno
Paulo Florence
Carlos de Campos
Antônio Francisco Braga
Joaquim Antônio 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
São 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
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
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20th CENTURY BRAZILIAN COMPOSERS
COMPOSER
Chronology
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Ernani Costa Braga
Luciano Gallet
Jaime Ovale
Frutuoso Viana
Brasílio Ferreira da Cunha Luz
Heckel Tavares
Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez
Francisco Paulo Mignone
Antonio de Assis Republicano
Ernani Braga
João 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
Radamés Gnatalli
José Siqueira
Mozart Camargo Guarnieri
Luís Cosme
José Vieira Brandão
Walter Smetak
César Guerra Peixe
Hans Joachim Koellreutter
Alceu Bochino
Cláudio Santoro
Ernst Widmer
Gilberto Mendes
Bruno Kiefer
Pe. José 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 América
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
São 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/Índia
PRE
X
X
Rio de Janeiro
MOD
X
Brasil/Soviet Union/Germany
PRE
X
X
X
Switzerland/Brasil
PRE
X
X
Santos/São Paulo
PRE
X
X
Germany/Porto Alegre
PRE
X
Campinas (SP) /Curitiba
PRE
X
X
Porto Alegre/Rio
PRE
X
X
São Paulo
PRE
X
São 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
X
X
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COMPOSER
Edino Krieger
Mário Tavares
Ernst Mahle
Emilio Terraza
Edmundo Villani-Cortez
Damiano Cozzella
Brenno Blauth
Frederico Richter
Luís Carlos Lessa Vinholes
Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes
Yves Rudner Schmidt
Sérgio Oliveira de Vasconcellos
Corrêa
Zbiegniew Henrique Morozowicz
(Henrique de Curitiba)
Rufo Herrera
Raul do Valle
Jocy de Oliveira
Mário 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
José 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
São Paulo
Porto Alegre/Rio/SP
Brasil
Pelotas (RS)/São Paulo/Brasília
Campinas/São Paulo
São Paulo
São 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
X
X
Argentina/Belo Horizonte
São Paulo/Campinas/Europe
Rio de Janeiro/Europe
São Paulo
Argentina/São Paulo
Brasil/Europe
Salvador
Recife/Rio/SP/Europe
Rio de Janeiro/USA
Rio de Janeiro
Uruguay/Brasília
Bahia
Rio de Janeiro/Brasília/Europe
Bahia
Santos/Campinas/São
Paulo/Europe
São 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
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
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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COMPOSER
Chronology
Place of the Work
Jamary Oliveira
Calimério Soares
Marisa Resende
Egberto Gismonti
Vânia Dantas Leite
Luís Carlos Cseko
Henrique Davi Korenchendler
Ilza Maria Costa Nogueira
Carlos Kater
Ronaldo Miranda
Nestor de Hollanda Cavalcanti
Ernâni Aguiar
Arrigo Barnabé
Rodolfo Coelho de Souza
José Carlos do Amaral Vieira
Filho
Ney Rosauro
Paulo Chagas
Paulo Costa Lima
Marco Padilha
Álvaro Guimarães
Harry Crowl
José Augusto Mannis
Sílvio Ferraz
Sílvia de Lucca
Wellington Gomes
Jônatas Manzolli
Tim Rescala
Lívio 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/Brasília/USA
Rio de Janeiro
Bahia
Belo Horizonte
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio/Latin America/Europe
São Paulo
São Paulo/USA
São Paulo/Europe
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1958
1958
1959
1960
1960
1961
1961
1961
1962
Santa Maria (RS)/USA
São Paulo/Germany
Salvador
Campinas (SP)
Bahia/Belo Horizonte/Belgium
Curitiba/Belo Horizonte
São Paulo/Campinas/France
São Paulo
São Paulo
Salvador
Campinas (SP)
Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo
São 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
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
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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, Bartók, 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 Música Viva (founded in 1939 by Koellreutter and others),
Grupo Música 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, Rogério
Duprat etc.)
Operas: Óperas, 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 ( [email protected] ).
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