O papel educativo do acervo João Mohana para difusão da música maranhense

Abstract

The objective of this work was to recognize the educational role of the João Mohana Collection in the dissemination of Maranhão music, aiming to encourage its use in music education, through scores, in public and private music schools in the state, and by private teachers. Bibliographic and documentary research methods were used. The following authors were of utmost importance in this work: Mohana (1974), APEM (1997), Carvalho Sobrinho (2004), Fucci Amato (2007), Gouveia Neto (2008, 2010, 2018), Dantas Filho (2010), Pesavento (2012), Salomão (2015), Silva (2015), Cerqueira (2018), Gouveia Neto e Silva (2019). The aim was to present the importance of the João Mohana collection for musical education in Maranhão by means of a survey of historical data on the collection. Solo piano composers were selected, indicating some compositions, which were published through the MuseScore program, with the aim of stimulating the dissemination of Maranhão music through the educational environment. Emphasis is placed on the development of music classes, which in the second half of the 19th century in Maranhão, the estimated period of the compositions, were practiced in regular schools and also in classes in the homes of the musicians themselves, with their performance predominating in theater, through musical shows orchestrated by conductors and singers.