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Luís de Freitas Branco

1890 - 1955

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Luís Maria da Costa de Freitas Branco (12 October 1890 – 27 November 1955) was a Portuguese composer, musicologist, and professor of music who played a pre-eminent part in the development of Portuguese music in the first half of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luís de Freitas Branco is the 1,224th most popular composer (down from 1,198th in 2019), the 361st most popular biography from Portugal (down from 349th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Portuguese Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Luís de Freitas Branco ranks 1,224 out of 1,451. Before him are Abdylas Maldybaev, Glenn Branca, Leonard Slatkin, Adolph Deutsch, Akira Yamaoka, and Bronius Kutavičius. After him are Frank Churchill, David Diamond, Tadeusz Baird, Andrei Eshpai, Knudåge Riisager, and Oskar Kolberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Luís de Freitas Branco ranks 195. Before him are Mortimer Wheeler, Cecil Kellaway, Jean Piot, Gopinath Bordoloi, Robert Armstrong, and Julie Vinter Hansen. After him are Ichiya Kumagae, Zhang Shichuan, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, Georges Tainturier, Albert Zürner, and Isaak Zelensky. Among people deceased in 1955, Luís de Freitas Branco ranks 140. Before him are Clemente Biondetti, Manny Ayulo, José Antonio Remón Cantera, Charley Toorop, Theodor Plievier, and Honus Wagner. After him are James P. Johnson, David Carstens, Dimitrios Maximos, André Rischmann, Luis Otero, and Edwin Barclay.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Luís de Freitas Branco ranks 361 out of 633. Before him are Hélder Postiga (1982), Jaime Pacheco (1958), Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho (1869), Eduardo Lourenço (1923), José Leite de Vasconcelos (1858), and Manuel Duarte (1945). After him are Tomás António Gonzaga (1744), Bruno Lage (1976), Lio (1962), Rui Vitória (1970), José Luandino Vieira (1935), and Olegário Benquerença (1969).

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Among COMPOSERS In Portugal

Among composers born in Portugal, Luís de Freitas Branco ranks 4. Before him are Carlos Seixas (1704), Manuel Cardoso (1566), and Marcos Portugal (1762).

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