Q: I have read that The Three Caballeros features a musical composition called “Pandeiro & Flute,” written by Benedito Lacerda. Can you tell me where in the film this piece can be heard, and when it was written?
Jeremiah, Fairfax, Virginia
A: While written by Lacerda (1903-1958) and licensed by Disney, it was developed by Charles Wolcott and Lacerda was uncredited. The piece appears at the end of the Baia train sequence and just before the “Os Quindins de Ya-Ya” sequence. A pandeiro is a Brazilian version of a tambourine.
Dave Smith