João Domingos Bomtempo
Considered by many, the "Portuguese Beethoven", he is the most important Portuguese composer of the classical period. Bomtempo is a composer that deserves to be celebrated, not only for the impact that had in the Portuguese musical history, but also for his unique compositional style that…
José Vianna da Motta
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Francisco de Lacerda
One of the composers that I consider a hidden gem. Just like Vianna da Motta, it had contact with some of the great artists of his times. He moved to Paris still very young, where he studied with Vincent d'Indy and was influenced by the music of Franck, Fauré, Ravel, Poulenc e Dukas. His body of work is not as vast as the two composers referred in previous pages, but just like Vianna da Motta, he is a symbol of the Portuguese musical nationalism which we find specially in his two song cycles "Trovas".
