Portuguese music

[Ilja]

I'd like to submit Francisco de Lacerda (1869-1934) as one of Portugal's most interesting composers. What I've heard of him (one Portugalsom CD with orchestral works) showed him to be a talented composer, although heavily Influenced by Debussy and to a lesser degree by d'Indy and even early Koechlin.

By the way, if you ever happen to be in Lisbon, be sure to visit the classical CD shop inside the Corte Inglés, Lisbon's luxury department store (subway stop: São Sebastião). They have almost all recordings of Portuguese classical music (and quite a lot of Spanish obscure material, too).