Methodo de Pianoforte

Methodo de Pianoforte (Piano Method), a pedagogical work written in 1821 for Nunes Garcia's son, Apollinário José, comprises a collection of pieces, delightful for studying, playing and listening, arranged in two series of 12 lessons and 6 Fantasias. (…) Beside original melodies, José Maurício didn't hesitate quoting other composers, thus we find Haydn in the 7th lesson of the 2nd part, and Rossini in the 5th lesson of the 2nd part; he has also quoted his own melodies, as in the lessons 9, 11 and 12 of the 1st part, which use melodies from his exquisite Requiem. (…)

Ruth Serrão, pianist and teacher, whose dedication to brazilian music is worthy of the greatest praises, amalgamates here her work, started in 1980, rescuing José Maurício's oeuvre for the keyboard.

Ernani Aguiar, Brazilian Academy of Music