Chronological list of Brazilian classical composers

The following is a chronological list of Brazilian classical composers:

Baroque

• António José da Silva (1705–1739)

Classical

• 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)

Romantic

• Damião Barbosa de Araújo (1778–1856)
• Elias Álvares Lobo (1834–1901)
• Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836–1896)
• Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha (1846–1913)
• Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935)
• Leopoldo Miguez (1850–1902)
• Henrique Oswald (1852–1931)
• Ernesto Nazareth (1863-1934)
• Alexandre Levy (1864–1892)
• Alberto Nepomuceno (1864–1920)
• Antônio Francisco Braga (1868–1945)

Modern/Contemporary

• Zequinha de Abreu (1880–1935)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959)
• Ernani Braga (1888–1948)
• Luciano Gallet (1893–1931)
• Oscar Lorenzo Fernández (1897–1948)
• Francisco Mignone (1897–1986)
• Radamés Gnattali (1906–1988)
• Mozart Camargo Guarnieri (1907–1993)
• Walter Smetak (1913–1984)
• César Guerra-Peixe (1914–1993)
• Eunice Katunda (1915–1990)
• Cláudio Santoro (1919–1989)
• Gilberto Mendes (1922–2016)
• Osvaldo Lacerda (1927–1990)
• Edino Krieger (1928-2022)
• Rogério Duprat (1932–2006)
• Jocy de Oliveira (born 1936)
• Willy Corrêa de Oliveira (born 1938)
• Marlos Nobre (born 1939)
• Ricardo Tacuchian (born 1939)
• Jorge Antunes (born 1942)
• José Antônio de Almeida Prado (1943-2010)
• Marisa Rezende (born 1944)
• Vânia Dantas Leite (1945-2018)
• Ronaldo Miranda (born 1948)
• Ernani Aguiar (born 1950)
• José Carlos Amaral Vieira (born 1952)
• Paulo Costa Lima (born 1954)
• Sílvio Ferraz (born 1959)
• Kilza Setti (born 1965)
• Marcos Balter (born 1974)