The Most Famous

Composers from Brazil

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This page contains a list of the greatest Brazilians Composers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,451 Composers, 10 of which were born in Brazil. This makes Brazil the birth place of the 23rd most number of Composers behind Netherlands and Romania.

Top 10 Brazilian Composers

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Brazilians Composers of all time. This list of famous Brazilians Composers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Brazilians Composers.

  1. #1
    Photo of Heitor Villa-Lobos

    Heitor Villa-Lobos

    1887 - 1959

    HPI 73.0150 langs
    Heitor Villa-Lobos is most famous for his compositions. He was a Brazilian composer, conductor, and pianist. He was also a pioneer of...Read moreShow less

    Heitor Villa-Lobos is most famous for his compositions. He was a Brazilian composer, conductor, and pianist. He was also a pioneer of Brazilian nationalism in classical music.

  2. #3
    Photo of Egberto Gismonti

    Egberto Gismonti

    b. 1947

    HPI 60.0215 langs

    Brazilian musician and composer

  3. #4
    Photo of Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Chiquinha Gonzaga

    1847 - 1935

    HPI 58.7320 langs

    Brazilian musician and composer (1847-1935)

  4. #5
    Photo of Camargo Guarnieri

    Camargo Guarnieri

    1907 - 1993

    HPI 58.5117 langs

    Brazilian composer (1907–1993)

  5. #6
    Photo of Ary Barroso

    Ary Barroso

    1903 - 1964

    HPI 58.3219 langs

    Brazilian composer and musician (1903–1964)

  6. #7
    Photo of Francisco Mignone

    Francisco Mignone

    1897 - 1986

    HPI 57.6015 langs

    Brazilian composer (1897–1986)

  7. #8
    Photo of Cláudio Santoro

    Cláudio Santoro

    1919 - 1989

    HPI 55.4017 langs

    Brazilian composer (1919–1989)

  8. #9
    Photo of Alberto Nepomuceno

    Alberto Nepomuceno

    1864 - 1920

    HPI 54.4917 langs

    Brazilian composer and conductor (1864-1920)

  9. #10
    Photo of Alexandre Levy

    Alexandre Levy

    1864 - 1892

    HPI 53.9416 langs

    Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor (1864–1892)

Overlapping Lives

Which Composers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 9 most globally memorable Composers since 1700.

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