English edition

Por: Paulo Roberto Candido dos santos

In this book the author tells the story of one of the great musical geniuses of classical music in Brazil, Rio Padre José Maurício Nunes Garcia (1767-1830) and explores the landscape of Rio Colonial era with the arrival of the Portuguese royal family as a result the invasion forces of Napoleon in the Iberian Peninsula, the independence of Brazil and its relationship with D. John VI, with the musician Mark Portugal and Portuguese reports his extreme humility did not allow a better use of the opportunities that arose. The book comment on the racism that followed him when he was in the Portuguese Court and says many of his works in a pleasant reading, hoping that more people know this Brazilian composer does not have the recognition it deserves. Learn more about the life of one who has come to be called "Mozart Brazilian" and that was the greatest composer of the Americas in his time.