List of Portuguese composers
This is a chronological list of notable classical Portuguese composers.- King Dinis I, King of Portugal, composer and troubadour. He composed more than 200 cantigas.
- Pedro de Escobar, composer and flutist
- Cosme Delgado, composer of polyphony, kapellmeister in Évora and pedagogue
- Vicente Lusitano, composer and music theorist
- Bartolomeo Trosylho, composer and kapellmeister in the Lisbon Cathedral
- Damião de Góis, humanist philosopher, composer, student of Erasmus, secretary at a trading post in Antwerp
- António Carreira, composer and organist
- Diogo Dias Melgás, composer of polyphony
- Pedro de Cristo, composer of polyphony
- Manuel Mendes, composer and maestro
- Heliodoro de Paiva, composer, philosopher and theologian
- Manuel Rodrigues Coelho, composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque
- Duarte Lobo, composer, choirmaster and musical director
- Manuel Cardoso, composer and organist
- Gaspar Fernandes, composer and organist
- Estêvão de Brito, composer of polyphony of the late Renaissance and early Baroque
- Filipe de Magalhães, composer of sacred polyphony and teacher of Estêvão Lopes Morago, Estêvão de Brito and Manuel Correia
- Manuel Machado, composer and harpist
- Manuel Correia, composer and kapellmeister at the La Seo Cathedral
- King John IV, King of Portugal and early musicologist, with an essay on Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
- João Lourenço Rebelo, composer close to John IV
- Filipe da Madre de Deus, composer and kapellmeister of the royal music chamber
- King Peter II, King of Portugal and composer
- João Rodrigues Esteves, composer of religious music
- Carlos Seixas, composer and organist
- António Teixeira, composer and chief of the choir of Lisbon Cathedral
- , harpsichordist, organist and composer in Lisbon
- , composer and organist
- Francisco António de Almeida, composer and organist
- João de Sousa Carvalho, composer and harpsichordist
- José Joaquim dos Santos, graduate of Royal Patriarchal Music Seminary, teacher, composer, singer, organist and conductor.
Classical period
- Pedro António Avondano, composer and organist
- João Pedro de Almeida Mota, Portuguese composer, worked in Spain for many years, where he died. His works are scattered by these two countries.
- João José Baldi, composer and pianist
- João Domingos Bomtempo, pianist, composer and pedagogue
- Marcos Portugal, composer and maestro at Teatro S. Carlos in Lisbon
- Peter IV of Portugal, King of Portugal and Emperor of Brazil who was also a composer.
- Manuel Inocêncio Liberato dos Santos, composer and pianist
- Francisco de Sá Noronha, composer and violinist
- José Augusto Ferreira Veiga, Viscount of Arneiro, composer and ballet choreographer
- Alfredo Keil, composer of operas and author of the music of the Portuguese national anthem
- José Vianna da Motta, pianist, teacher and composer
- Luís de Freitas Branco, composer and academic
- António Fragoso, pianist and composer
- Eurico Thomaz de Lima, composer, pianist and pedagogue
Contemporary
- Álvaro Salazar, composer, songwriter and conductor
- António Chagas Rosa, contemporary composer
- António Pinho Vargas, jazz and contemporary music pianist and composer
- António Victorino de Almeida, contemporary music composer
- Bruno Bizarro, film composer, composer, songwriter
- Constança Capdeville, contemporary music composer and teacher
- Emmanuel Nunes, contemporary music composer
- Eurico Carrapatoso, composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works
- Fernando Corrêa de Oliveira, composer
- Fernando Lopes Graça, composer and musicologist
- Isabel Soveral, contemporary composer
- Jaime Reis, contemporary composer
- Joly Braga Santos, contemporary composer and conductor
- Jorge Peixinho, contemporary music composer and teacher
- Luís Tinoco, contemporary music composer
- Pedro Macedo Camacho, concert music composer, videogame and film composer
- Rodrigo Leão, contemporary composer, instrumental music composer, filme composer
- Sérgio Azevedo, contemporary composer
