# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/antonio-francisco-braga
# Generated: 2026-08-15T11:42:45.417Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/antonio-francisco-braga"
name: "Antônio Francisco Braga"
slug: "antonio-francisco-braga"
description: "Antônio Francisco Braga 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. His pupils included Brazilian composers Cacilda Borges Barbosa and Hilda Pires dos Reis."
tagline: "Brazilian composer (1868-1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francisco_Braga%2C_compositor.tiff?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1868-04-15"
deathDate: "1945-03-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.44
  momentum:             15
  historical:           11.810944
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "أنطونيو فرنسيسكو براغا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "انطونيو فرنسيسكو براجا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BE_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0"
    title: "Антонио Франциско Брага"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Francisco_Braga"
    title: "Antonio Francisco Braga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Braga"
    title: "Francisco Braga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Braga"
    title: "Francisco Braga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Braga"
    title: "Francisco Braga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_Francisco_Braga"
    title: "Antônio Francisco Braga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Braga"
    title: "Francisco Braga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Braga"
    title: "Francisco Braga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Брага, Франсиско"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Braga"
    title: "Francisco Braga"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BE_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%96%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0"
    title: "Антоніо Франсіско Брага"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump