Brazil Music Timeline

·      Jose Jaoquim Emerico Lobo de Mesquita born October 12, 1746

·      Andre da Silva Gomes born December 15, 1752

·      Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia born September 20, 1767

·      Francisco Manuel da Silva born February 21, 1795

·      Jose Jaoquim Emerico Lobo de Mesquita dies in April 1805

·      Classical Period Begins 1808 and ends in 1821

·      Brazil Gains its Independence September 7, 1822

·      Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia dies April 18, 1830

·      Romantic Period 1830

·      Henrique Alves de Mesquita born March 15, 1836

·      Andre da Silva Gomes dies June 16, 1844

·      Alberto Nepomuceno born July 6, 1864

·      Francisco Manuel da Silva dies December 18, 1865

·      Heitor Villa-Lobos born March 5, 1887

·      Pixinguinha born April 23, 1897

·      Nationalism Period Begins 1900

·      Henrique Alves de Mesquita dies July 12, 1906

·      Noel Rosa born December 11, 1910

·      Alberto Nepomuceno dies October 16, 1920

·      National Period Ends 1922

·      João Gilberto born June 10, 1931

·      Noel Rosa dies May 4, 1937

·      Avant-Garde Movement Begins 1939

·      Heitor Villa-Lobos dies November 17, 1959

·      Avant-Garde Movement Ends 1960

·      Pixinguinha dies February 7, 1973