Name: Only When It's Dark Enough (3-part canon, a cappella) by Sarah Martinez 3-Part Mixed Choir Digital Sheet Music
Brand: Sarah Martinez
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Only When It's Dark Enough (3-part canon, a cappella)
by Sarah Martinez 3-Part Mixed Choir - Digital Sheet Music

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Title Only When It's Dark Enough (3-part canon, a cappella)

Artist Sarah Martinez

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Sarah Martinez

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 1

Arrangement 3-Part Mixed Choir

Publisher Sarah Martinez

Level 3

Product ID 1645753

Genre Festival A Cappella Contemporary Instructional Contest

Instruments Choir

Product Description

"Only When It's Dark Enough" is an original canon quoting a line from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech on April 3, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee: "Only when it's dark enough can you see the stars." (This was his final speech before his assassination.) This is a popular metaphor that can be traced back to 1843 in the book "Past and Present" by Thomas Carlyle, who phrased it as: "The eternal stars shine out again, so soon as it is dark enough."

The other lyrics are original to the composer.

"After the light fades, When hope feels so small,
You are not alone. Ignite a spark and watch it grow.
Illuminate the sky. Keep your faith,
For only when it's dark enough can you see the stars, see the stars."

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