Antônio Francisco Braga

Not to be confused with Ernani Braga.

For the Italian composer, see Antonio Braga.

Francisco Braga
Born	(1868-04-15)15 April 1868 Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
Died	14 March 1945(1945-03-14) (aged 76) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation	Composer

Antônio Francisco Braga (15 April 1868 – 14 March 1945) was a Brazilian music composer. Braga was born in Rio de Janeiro, and studied with Luiz António de Moura and Carlos de Mesquita. In 1886, he founded the Sociedade de Concertos Populares. As the Brazilian Republic was declared in 1889, his composition Hino à bandeira was adopted as the Brazilian national anthem. Starting in 1890 Antônio Francisco Braga studied at the Conservatoire in Paris with Jules Massenet. After that he spent time both in Germany and in Italy and then returned to Brazil in 1900. Upon his return to Brazil, Antônio Francisco Braga taught at the Instituto Nacional de Música and was the conductor of the Sociedade de Concertos Sinfonicos between 1908 and 1933. One of his pupils was Brazilian pianist and composer Cacilda Borges Barbosa.

Antônio Francisco Braga composed three operas and produced orchestral pieces, chamber music, piano pieces and many songs.

A portrait of Francisco Braga during his childhood, 1870s

Works

• Missa de S. Francisco Xavier (s.d.)
• Missa de S. Sebastião (s.d.)
• Te Deum (s.d.)
• Stabat Mater (s.d.)
• Trezena de S. Francisco de Paula (s.d.)
• A Paz, poem with chorus (s.d.)
• Oração pela Pátria, poem with chorus (s.d.)
• Trio, para piano, violin e cello (s.d.)
• Dois Quintetos (s.d.)
• Quarteto for woodwind and brasses (s.d.)
• Virgens Mortas, song with lyrics by Olavo Bilac (s.d.)
• Trovador do Sertão, for voice and band (s.d.)
• Hino à juventude brasileira (s.d.)
• Hino à Paz (s.d.)
• Paysage (1895)
• Cauchemar (1896)
• Brasil, marcha (1898)
• Marabá, symphonic poem, first work dedicated to Brazil (1898)
• Episódio Sinfônico (1898)
• Jupira, opera (1898)
• A Pastoral, lyric episode (1903)
• Hino à Bandeira Nacional (1905)
• Canto de Outono, for string orchestra (1908)
• O Contratador de Diamantes, incidental music (1908)
• Insônia, symphonic poem (1908)
• Anita Garibaldi, opera (1912–1922)
• Many military marches, like Barão do Rio Branco, Satanás and Dragões da Independência

External links

• Free scores by Antônio Francisco Braga at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)