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Choral Music

Twa Tanbou (SATB)

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Composer/Arranger

music by Sydney Guillaume

Instrumentation

for SATB Chorus, unaccompanied

in Haitian Creole

Duration

3:30 minutes

Twa Tanbou (SATB)
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Description

 

The central theme of Twa Tanbou: In order for a team to reach the optimal result, each member must play his or her own part as a team. There is no room for self-obsessed glory; this ultimately brings down the team. True leaders are those who put their team’s collective well-being before themselves. The text of Twa Tanbou uses this philosophy, applied to three drums: the big Boula (the loudest), the smaller Tanbouren (the most beautiful sounding drum) and the little Kata drum, arguing that if everyone works together, there will be beautiful music!


Translation of Haitian Creole text:

Three drums


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 fellows

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

Click Here for complete text and English translation

Click Here Traducción al Español


Preview Score on Issuu

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Description

 

The central theme of Twa Tanbou: In order for a team to reach the optimal result, each member must play his or her own part as a team. There is no room for self-obsessed glory; this ultimately brings down the team. True leaders are those who put their team’s collective well-being before themselves. The text of Twa Tanbou uses this philosophy, applied to three drums: the big Boula (the loudest), the smaller Tanbouren (the most beautiful sounding drum) and the little Kata drum, arguing that if everyone works together, there will be beautiful music!


Translation of Haitian Creole text:

Three drums


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 fellows

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

Click Here for complete text and English translation

Click Here Traducción al Español


Preview Score on Issuu

Click here

Guillaume, Sydney
Guillaume, Sydney
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