Francisco Mignone was among the most important Brazilian composers after Villa-Lobos. Like that master, he incorporated Brazilian vernacular materials into European musical frameworks, but the effect of his music is quite different from that of Villa-Lobos. Mignone wrote two operas while in Europe; one, L'innocente, was a success in Brazil. Richard Strauss also conducted one of Mignone's orchestral works during a Brazilian visit. Such works as the Cuatro peças Brasileiras ("Four Brazilian Pieces") of 1930 employed the ragtime-like, Afro-Brazilian rhythms of the maxixe dance. Later in his career, Mignone turned away from national themes in favor of European trends, including polytonality and serialism. Pianist Martin Jones issued an album of his piano music in 2023. By that time, some 100 of his works had been recorded.