List of Portuguese composers

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A list of notable Portuguese composers

[edit] Middle Ages

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

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).

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

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

An A-Z list ordered by first name.