Chorus Choir (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1845410
By Eric Clapton. By Eric Clapton and Will Jennings. Arranged by Marco Borsoi. This edition: pdf. 20th Century, A Cappella, Blues, Pop, Singer/Songwriter. 9 pages. Marco Borsoi #1404972. Published by Marco Borsoi (A0.1845410).
“Tears in Heaven” was born in 1992 out of unspeakable grief: Eric Clapton wrote it after the death of his son Conor, just four years old. It is one of the most moving songs in contemporary music — a silent dialogue with someone no longer there, suspended between longing and resignation, between question and grace.
In this SATB choral arrangement with soloists, the original melody is preserved in its essential simplicity, carried mainly by sopranos and tenors. The choral harmony opens gradually, growing richer in colour and tension, accompanying the text like a breath that deepens with each phrase. In the coda, the melodic and textual fragments of the song —“Would you hold my hand”, “I must be strong”, “There will be no more tears in heaven”— chase one another across the voices, like dreams and memories slowly entwining, threads of longing drawn together until they become one quiet, unshakeable certainty.
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“Tears in Heaven” nasce nel 1992 da un dolore indicibile: Eric Clapton la scrisse dopo la morte del figlio Conor, di soli quattro anni. È una delle canzoni più toccanti della musica contemporanea, un dialogo silenzioso con chi non c’è più, sospeso tra il desiderio e la rassegnazione, tra la domanda e la grazia.
In questo arrangiamento per coro SATB con soli, la melodia originale viene mantenuta nella sua essenziale sobrietà, affidata prevalentemente ai soprani e ai tenori. L’armonia corale si apre gradualmente, arricchendosi di colori e tensioni che accompagnano il testo come un respiro che si fa sempre più profondo. Nella coda, i frammenti melodici e testuali del brano —“Would you hold my hand”, “I must be strong”, “There will be no more tears in heaven”— si rincorrono tra le voci, come sogni e ricordi che lentamente si intrecciano, fili di nostalgia che si raccolgono fino a farsi un'unica, quieta, incrollabile certezza.
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