Renato Tagliabue

Arranger, Composer, Director, Publisher

Italia, Paderno Dugnano

About the artist

I am a self-taught, after studying the most simple rules of harmony (not all, of course), I started to compose
and harmonize sacred music.
As a boy I was attracted by the elegance and composure of the music of Palestrina, the perfect architecture
of Bach's music and the wealth of feelings and passions than that of Beethoven.
I studied in depth, especially these three great musicians and I have practiced in the manuals of harmony of
Farina, Bubois and Schömberg.
I specialized in composition and in imitative canon at different intervals, some 'for fun, a bit' because I
believe that music, like any art, should rest his mission to communicate the beauty, starting from solid
technical foundations.

I did all this simply because I liked it,

as a painter captures an image, relies to her a message and places it on a canvas,
as a sculptor reveals a life trapped in a stone,
as well as a poet crystallizes and soli... (more online)
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About the piece

Title: The little drummer boy

Arranger: Tagliabue, Renato
Copyright: Copyright © Renato Tagliabue
Publisher: Tagliabue, Renato
Instrumentation: Choral SATB
Style: Modern classical

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 IL PICCOLO TAMBURINO
LITTLE DRUMMER BOY

Musica di G. Mahler
Elaborazione corale e testo italiano Testo originale di Phillips Brooks
di R. Tagliabue

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Soprani
Contralti
1.Ho sen - ti - to pa - ra - pa - pam - pam
1.Come, they told me. Ba rump ba bum bum.

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Tenori
Bassi

Oh
Oh

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Œ œœ œœ œœ Œ œœ œ œ
cheèøap - pe - na na - toøun re pa - ra - pa - pam - pam por - tia - moøi

œ œ œ Œ œ œœ œœ
A new born king to see. Ba rump ba bum bum. Our fi - nest
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cheèøap - pe - na na - toøun re pa - ra - pa - pam - pam por - tia moøi
A new born king to see. Ba rump ba bum bum. . Our fi - nest
...oh...

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no - stri do - ni pa - ra - pa - pam i più bei do - niøal re pa -

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gifts we bring. Ba rump ba bum bum. To lay be - fore the king. Ba

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gifts we bring. Ba rump ba bum bum. To lay be - fore the king. Ba

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ra - pa - pam - pam pa - ra - pa - pam pa - ra - pa - pam in suoøo-

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rump ba bum bum, rump ba bum bum, rump ba bum bum. So, to
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ra - pa - pam - pam pa - ra - pa - pam pa - ra - pa - pam in suoøo-
rump ba bum bum, rump ba bum bum, rump ba bum bum. bum. So, to
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no - re pa - ra - pa - pam - pam quan-do an - drem.
ho - nor him. Ba rump ba bum bum. When - we come.
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no - re pa - ra - pa - pam - pam quan-do an - drem.
ho - nor him. Ba rump ba bum bum. When - we come.

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2.So - no so - lo pa - ra - pa - pam - pam un bim - bo
2.Lit - tle ba - by. Ba rump ba bum ba I am a

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pa ra - pa - pa - pa - pa - pam
Ba rump ba ba ba ba ba

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po - ve - ro pa - ra - pa - pam - pam non ho re - ga - li da por -
poor boy, too. Ba rump ba bum bum I have no gift to bring. Ba

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pa ra - pa - pa - pa - pa - pam
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ta reøal re Co - sa po - trò io re ga -

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rump ba bum bum. That's fit to give a king. Ba

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pa ra - pa - pa - pa - pam
Ba rump ba ba ba ba ba

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& b œ œ œœ ˙˙ œœ œœ œ ˙ ˙˙ ..
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œ ˙ œ ˙ Œ
la re aøun re? pa - ra - pa - pam pa - ra - pa - pam

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rump ba bum bum, rump ba bum bum, rump ba bum bum.

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pa ra - pa-pa - pa - pam pa ra - pa-pa-pa-pa - pam pa ra - pa-pa - pa - pam

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œœ œœ Œ
Pos - so por - ta - reøal re pa - ra - pa - pam - pam
Shall I play for you? Ba rump ba bum bum

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pa ra - pa - pa - pa - pa - pam
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il tam
. - bu - rel il tam
. - bu - rel
On - my drum. On - my drum.

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Ba rump ba ba ba ba ba Ba rump ba ba ba ba ba

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3.E' fe - li - ceøil re pa - ra - pa - pam

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3.Then he nod - ded. Ba rump ba ba bum

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3.E' fe - li - ceøil re pa - ra - pa - pam
3.Then he nod - ded. Ba rump ba ba bum
Oh.

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œ œ
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io ho suo - na - toøil mio tam - bu - ro per lui e l'ho suo -

œ œ œ œw œ œ ˙ ˙. œ
The ox and lamb kept time. Ba rump ba bum bum. I played my

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io ho suo - na - toøil mio tam - bu - ro per lui e l'ho suo -
The ox and lamb kept time. Ba rump ba bum bum. I played my

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˙˙ Œ Œ œœ
na - to for - te pro - prio per lui lui ha sor - ri - so pa - ra -

œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙.
drum for him. Ba rump ba bum bum. I played my best for him. Ba
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b n˙ w
na - to for - te pro - prio per lui Oh
drum for him. Ba rump ba bum bum. Oh
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pa - pam-pam pam pa - ra - pa - pam pa - ra - pa - pam Ho la
rump- ba bum bum, rump ba bum bum, rump ba bum bum. Then, he

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Œ
scia - toøal re pa - ra - pa - pam - pam
smiled at me. Ba rump ba bum bum.

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pa ra - pa - pa - pa - pa - pam
Ba rump ba ba ba ba ba

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il tam - bu - rel il tam - bu - rel.
Me and my drum. Me and my drum.

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pa ra - pa - pa - pa - pa - pam pa ra - pa - pa - pa - pa - pam
Ba rump ba ba ba ba ba Ba rump ba ba ba ba ba

1.Ho sentito pa-ra-pa-pam-pam 1.Come, they told me. Ba rump ba bum bum.
che èappena nato un re pa-ra-pa-pam-pam A new born king to see. Ba rump ba bum bum.
por-tiamo i nostri doni pa-ra-pa-pam Our fi-nest gifts we bring. Ba rump ba bum bum.
i più bei doni al re pa-ra-pa-pam-pam To lay be-fore the king. Ba rump ba bum bum,
pa-ra-pa-pam pa-ra-pa-pam rump ba bum bum, rump ba bum bum.
in suo onore pa-ra-pa-pam-pam So, to ho-nor him. Ba rump ba bum bum.
quando andrem. When- we come. Me and my drum.

2.Sono solo pa-ra-pa-pam-pa 2.Lit-tle ba-by. Ba rump ba bum Ba rump

un bimbo povero pa-ra-pa-pam-pam I am a poor boy, too. Ba rump -ba bum bum
non ho regali da porta re al re I have no gift to bring. Ba rump ba bum bum.
Cosa potrò io regalare a un re? That's fit to give a king. Ba rump ba bum bum,
pa-ra-pa-pam pa-ra-pa-pam rump ba bum bum, rump ba bum bum.
Pos so portare al re pa-ra-pa-pam-pam Shall I play for you? Ba rump ba bum bum
il . tamburel On-my drum. Me and my drum.

3.E' felice il re pa-ra-pa-pam 3.Then he nod-ded. Ba rump ba ba bum bum.

io ho suonato il mio tamburo per lui The ox and lamb kept time. Ba rump ba bum bum.
e l'ho suonato forte proprio per lui I played my drum for him. Ba rump ba bum bum.
lui ha sorriso pa-ra-pa-pam-pam Oh I played my best for him. Ba -rump-ba bum bum, rump
pa-ra-pa-pam pa-ra-pa-pam ba bum bum, rump ba bum bum.
Ho lasciato al re pa-ra-pa-pam-pam Then, he smiled at me. Ba rump ba bum bum.
il tambrel, il tamburel. Me and my drum. Me and my drum.