Paula Robison encore at one of her 92nd Street Y concerts, a dance for flute and pandeiro, a large tambourine traditional in Brazil. Silverman invited the percussionist Cyro Baptista to join her. The flutist Irna Priore, who was at the concert, told her that in Brazil there was a huge repertory for flute in the choro, a tradition of popular song originating in 19th century Rio de Janeiro. Cyro Baptista's wife provided recordings and tapes of music that was largely unknown in the US. Robison began to work on it with Baptista and other Brazilian musicians, who toured with her and eventually
Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil is a book by historian Bryan McCann published by Duke University Press in 2004. This book discusses the social impacts of Brazilian music in society and culture between the 1920s-1950s. Alongside the social impacts during the time period, the book also analyzes the long term effects of the music in Brazilian culture and how it shaped modern day Brazil. McCann's thesis in this book is that through the political movement of Getúlio Vargas Estado Novo (Brazil), the growth