Quem Diria, Dirié!

Quem Diria, Dirié! was composed by Adamo Prince and Alfredo Minetti. Minetti played piano on the recorder with Danielle Priest on the flute.

"Gerardo Diria and I played many choros together. 'Quem Diria, Dirié!' is a tribute to this great friend and superb composer, to those wonderful years, and to his passion for Brazilian music."

-Alfredo Minetti

Alfredo Minetti

Tango pianist and composer

Danielle Priest

Bloomington flute player and teacher

Adamo Prince

Brasilian Guitarist

Interactive Ideas

This piece is written in rondo form. Before listening to the piece, children can be told of the three sections:

A=swimming on the Brazilian coast.

B=Digging for potatoes

C=Going to a Carnivale and dancing

Students act out movements as each section occurs in the piece. The A section is traveling movement through personal space and the other two sections are stationary.