At the age of ten José Vianna da Motta composed the Praia das Conchas, Quadrilha de Contradanças op. 22, in D flat major, which is classed with his childhood works written between 1873 and 1883. Although “Grande Quadrilha de Contradanças” is written on the front cover of the manuscript, we opted for the subtitle in the header of the manuscript score’s first page: “Quadrilha de Contradanças”.