José Maurício Nunes Garcia

A master from the chapel in Rio de Janeiro Cathedral, Garcia was taken into consideration “the” author of Brazil, and actually was the most effective and well known composer in the Americas during his lifestyle. He was an achieved organist, composer and conductor leading Mozart’s “Requiem Mass” for the original functionality in Brazil. His very own “Requiem Mass’ may be the best exemplory case of his meritorious productions. The Mass was have scored for the four component chorus, soloists, strings, two clarinets (a musical instrument that through eventuality became essential in Garcia’s compositions), two horns, flute, trumpets and kettledrums. It had been not very complicated in scope duplicating several thematic products indicatng that it had been probably obtained in a brief period of your time. The improvisational capability of Garcia in the key pad was lauded with a previous college student of Haydn’s as the improvisitor from the globe. Over 230 functions were made up by Garcia including people, mass motions, funeral music, music for Holy Week, music for morning hours and evening solutions, hymns, litanies, motets and canticles.