Luís de Freitas Branco

Luís Maria da Costa de Freitas Branco (Lisbon, 12 October 1890 — Lisbon, 27 November 1955) was a Portuguese composer and academic.

As a child he studied piano and violin. In 1910 he moved to Berlin to study composition. He was professor of composition at the Lisbon Conservatory from 1916, and was the teacher of, among others, Joly Braga Santos.

He was the brother of the Portuguese conductor Pedro de Freitas Branco.

He married Estela Diniz de Ávila e Sousa, born on 18 August 1892, daughter of João Deodato de Ávila e Sousa (São Jorge Island, Velas, Velas, 10 November 1861 –) and wife Margarida Diniz, without issue.

He has a bastard son by Maria Clara Dambert Filgueiras, of French descent:
* João de Freitas Branco (Lisbon, 10 January 1922 – Lisbon, Caxias, 17 November 1989), married firstly to Maria Helena von Hoffmann de Barros de Abreu, daughter of António de Barros de Abreu, a lawyer, and wife German Marie Anna Helena von Hoffmann, and had issue, three children, and married secondly in 1954 to Maria Isabel do Nascimento, and had issue, one son.

Works

*Symphony No. 1 (1924)
*Symphony No. 2 (1926)
*Symphony No. 3 (1944)
*Symphony No. 4 (1952)

*"Scherzo Fantastique" (1907)
*"Antero De Quental" - symphonic poem (1908)
*"Artificial Paradises" - symphonic poem (1910)
*"Tentacoes de S. Frei Gil" (1911)
*"Vathek" (1913)
*Violin Concerto (1916)
*Alentejo Suite No. 1 (1919)
*Alentejo Suite No. 2 (1927)
*"Solemnia Verba" - symphonic poem (1951)