The 18th century guitar in the albums of the Perdigao Family

In the present work, two Perdigao family music albums are studied from Laura Agnes Millar's documentary provenance. The provenance study focused on custody aspects; timelines of their production, and their relationship with the repertoire in the places where their owners lived. At the same time, an organological study of the guitar was made in 19th century Maranhao, since the albums present the question of fixing the nomenclature related to the instrument. As a result, it was found that the albums were produced throughout the Brazilian Empire; maintained for four generations, and that its repertoire is closely related to the transfers of its owners.