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• Choir: Assembled Choir of Serenade! 2017 Choral Festival
• Composer:  Sydney Guillaume
• Conductor:  Joshua Habermann
• Voices:  SATB
• Sheet Music:   www.sydneyguillaume.com
• Genres: Folk/Ethnic, Haiti, Haitian Choral Music
• World Premiere - July 3, 2017 - The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
  Joshua Habermann, conductor - - -
  
  The Assembled Choir of Serenade! 2017:
  
  Anima (USA)
  Balkanes (Bulgaria/France)
  Le Cantanti di Chicago ...  moreWorld Premiere - July 3, 2017 - The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
  Joshua Habermann, conductor - - -
  
  The Assembled Choir of Serenade! 2017:
  
  Anima (USA)
  Balkanes (Bulgaria/France)
  Le Cantanti di Chicago (USA)
  Coro Polifonico (Panama)
  Egschiglen (Mongolia/Germany)
  Escolania de Montserrat (Catalonia, Spain)
  Gandharva Choir (India)
  Insingizi (Zimbabwe)
  Latvian Voices (Latvia)
  Les Voix Boréales (Canada)
  Madras Youth Choir (India)
  Miami Children's Chorus (USA)
  Pihcintu (USA)
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  Commissioned by Classical Movements for the 2017 Serenade! Choral Festival: A JFK 100 Celebration as part of the Eric Daniel Helms New Music Program
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  score available at: www.sydneyguillaume.com
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  Haitian Creole text by: Gabriel T. Guillaume
  (father of the composer)
  
  Ansanm Ansanm
  
  Pou lapè, pou lajisitis, anpil nan yo mouri.
  Pou kouraj yo, pou vizyon yo,
  Pou tout sa yo te fè, pou tout sa yo sibi,
  N’ape chante pou yo. N’ap fè lwanj pou yo.
  Ayibobo pou yo!
  
  Ansanm ansanm, nan kè poze, an nou chante pou yo.
  Nan linite, san prejije, n’ap suiv yo pazapa.
  Ansanm ansanm, men dan la men, an’n travay pou lapè.
  Yo fè lavi nou vin pi bèl, an nou onore yo.
  Ayibobo pou yo!
  
  Nan lanmou, nan lapè, an’n fè la vi pi bèl.
  
  Nan lonè, nan respè,
  Ansanm ansanm, an’n travay pou lapè.
  San baryè, san fontyè,
  Ansanm ansanm, an’n fè la vi pi bèl.
  
  Pou ki moun n’ape chante?
  
  Pou tout moun ki goumen pou lavi nou pi bèl.
  Pou tout moun k’ap goumen pou lanmou ka blayi,
  Pou drapo libète ka kontinye flote,
  Pou banyè lajistis gaye sou tout latè.
  Se pou yo n’ap chante, an’n kontinye chante, Ayibobo!
  
  Se tou pa nou, an’n fè lavi nou pi bèl.
  
  Non, non, non!
  Pa ki...    less