Luiz Heitor Corrêa de Azevedo (13 December 1905 – 10 November 1992) was a Brazilian journalist, musicologist and folklorist.

[1] The Arquivo's first publishing contained music such as Tantum Ergo by José Maurício Nunes Garcia and Canto Religioso and O Salutaris by Francisco Manuel da Silva.

During this time, he began developing the ethnomusicology curriculum and in 1943 founded Centro de Pesquisas Folclóricas, a folklore research center.

[3] He also continued writing for magazines such as Revista Cultura Política and directed a classic music radio show called Hora do Brasil.

He created the first accurate mapping of Brazilian musical culture and made folkloric information accessible to researchers and to potential listeners.