Francisco Braga

Francisco Braga
Born(1868-04-15)15 April 1868
Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
Died14 March 1945(1945-03-14) (aged 76)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
OccupationComposer

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. In 1906, his composition Hino à Bandeira was adopted as the Brazilian national flag 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.

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