The CESEM and Edições Colibri present the book by João Vaz, entitled O órgão em Portugal no final do Antigo Regime: A obra de Frei José Marques e Silva (1782-1837) e os instrumentos do seu tempo, published as part of the Musicological Studies Collection. The book will be presented by Rui Vieira Nery.

This book is a contribution to the knowledge of the life and work of Friar José Marques e Silva, but above all to the identity of Portuguese organ building at the end of the Ancien Regime. It is the result of João Vaz’s doctoral thesis, in which he explores the theme of organ music in Portugal at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century and its relationship with the instruments built at the time for the practice of this repertoire.