You Are My Sunshine (SSAA Choir) - Arr. Zachary J. Moore
Video Information
- Choir: Myriad Ensemble
- Piece: You Are My Sunshine
- Arranger: Zachary J. Moore
- Conductor: Elise Naccarato
- Voices: SSAA
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- Genres: Folk/Ethnic
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ABOUT THE MUSIC:
This arrangement is split into four ideas all linked together generat... moreSHEET MUSIC:
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ABOUT THE MUSIC:
This arrangement is split into four ideas all linked together generationally. The first verse is meant to symbolize a departed parent comforting their grown child from the great beyond. To be more specific, the parent is singing this lullaby to their child in a dream. I felt the Latin word “Lux” (Light) was an appropriate fit for the imagery of sunlight and heavenly light.
The second verse represents the grown child waking up from the dream (first verse). This verse is meant to be bittersweet rather than strictly sad or angry. While there is grieving, the melody imparts comfort through nostalgia and memories. When the second verse gloriously blooms into the third, this represents everlasting love shining through even the darkest of times. Although gone, one will live in the heart and memory of another forever.
Finally, the reiteration of the first verse represents the grown child singing the same lullaby to their own baby, imparting unc less