Twa Tanbou - Sydney Guillaume - 2013 TPSMEA All-State Choir
Video Information
- Choir: 2013 Texas Private School Music Educators Association All-State Choir
- Piece: Twa Tanbou
- Composer: Sydney Guillaume
- Conductor: Scott MacPherson
- Voices: SATB
- Sheet Music:   www.sheetmusicplus.com/ti...
- Genres: A cappella, Folk/Ethnic, Contemporary, Haiti, Creole, French, Haitian Creole, Haitian Music
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Performance starts at 2:44.
Twa Tanbou - Sydney Guillaume.
2013 Texas Private School Music Educators Association All-State Choir. Scott MacPherson, Conductor.
morePerformance starts at 2:44.
Twa Tanbou - Sydney Guillaume.
2013 Texas Private School Music Educators Association All-State Choir. Scott MacPherson, Conductor.
http://sydneyguillaumemusic.com/portfolio-items/twa-tanbou/
Text by Louis M. Celestin
Translation:
Three drums
Are having an argument
A great Sunday morning
On their way back from Guinea A little Kata . . .
A little Tanbouren . . .
A big Boula . . .
Boula declared
That he can hit the loudest Boula declared
"I can hit the loudest!"
Tanbouren said
"I have the most beautiful sound"
He said
"when I perform, keep quiet and listen!"
Kata who was hearing all this became angry
He could not comprehend how two soldiers
Who are dressed with the same outfit
And are children of the same mother
Are sitting around making a scandal
One fine Mardi-Gras day, Kata started to "zouk"
Every single person there began to dance . . .
Tanbouren and Boula who were there listening
To make the party more exciting, they started a great throng
That day,
They all sang a song that I'll never forget:
All drums that are dispersed Let's put our shoulders together To make life more beautiful.
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Haitian Creole Text:
Twa Tanbou
Kap fè yon diskisyon
Yon gwo dimanch maten
Lè yo sot nan Ginen
Yon Ti Kata
Yon Tanbouren
Yon Gwo Boula
Boula rete li di
Li di li ka frape pi fò
Boula rete li di
Se li ki ka frape pi fò
Tanbouren di li gen pi bèl son
Li di "lè map site, se rete tande"
Kata ki tap koute, li rete li move
Li pa te ka konprann kouman... less