Pierre Laforge

Beijo a mão que me condena, M 226 by José Maurício Nunes Garcia

Adorei uma alma impura by Gabriel Fernandes da Trindade

History

Brazilian music publisher Pierre Laforge was a French immigrant in Rio de Janeiro. In 1834 in his own "estamparia de música" he engraved for João Bartolomeu Klier. In 1836 he started his own business, "Imprensa Musical de Pierre Laforge", the first Brazilian music publisher to publish with a certain regularity. Mercedes Reis Pequeno mentions he was "the most prolific publisher of sheet music in the empire". Pierre Laforge published mostly Modinhas, Lundus and Airs. In 1851 the firm was sold to Salmon & Cia.

The scores were usually published in small formats, without front cover pages. Sometimes, the initials "P.L." were printed at the bottom of the last page.

Address

• 1834-1836: Rua do Ouvidor, 149.
• 1837-1850: Rua da Cadeia (Rua da Assembleia), 89.
• 1851: Rua do Ourives, 60

Sources consulted

• PEQUENO, Mercedes Reis. Brazilian Music Publishers. 'Inter-American Music Review', v. 9, n. 2, p. 91-104, spring/summer, 1988
• Impressão Musical no Brasil. In: ENCICLOPÉDIA da Música Brasileira. 3. ed. São Paulo: ARt Editora, Publifolha, 2000.
• FERREIRA, Orlando da Costa. Imagem e Letra: introdução à Bibliologia Brasileira. São Paulo: Melhoramentos, Ed. da Universidade de São Paulo, Secretaria da Cultura, Ciência e Tecnologia, 1977.

Published scores