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I’ll Love You Every Moment
Grace Becker
May this song feel like a warm hug to you and your family.
for SATB div. choir a cappella
“I’ll Love You Every Moment,” a lovely, unaccompanied partsong suited for any mixed choir. The message is one of gentle yet powerful love. Becker uses silence to emphasize important passages in the text, leaving space for thought and contemplation. A soaring soprano descant concludes the work with the strength of a “warrior.”
Grace Becker is a composer, educator, and poet based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is excited to share her passion for spreading joy and writing music with the world. Grace grew up singing in choirs in her hometown of Bloomington, MN and began composing while receiving her bachelor’s in music education from Wartburg College. She quickly found purpose in the vulnerable, honest nature of this process. She has since composed a handful of songs, with her debut appearing in the Compose Like A Girl series. She has always had a love for poetry and storytelling, often choosing to make settings of her own poems. Choral music has left a profound mark on her life and she is honored to be able to share her works with the public, hoping they will find those who need to hear them the most.
Composer’s Notes
This song is dedicated to my little nephew, sweet Logan. He has been the center of my family’s world from the moment he was born, and I hope he knows how deeply loved he is. Family is so important, yet no two families are exactly alike. Whether yours is related through blood or found through experiences, each of us deserves to be held and comforted. Please know that you, too, are deeply loved and are capable of love. May this song feel like a warm hug to you and your family.
– Grace Becker
Text
Wonder and whimsy,
Wonderful baby.
You smile with me,
Rise like the tides do
Bright like pure gold, you,
Born with hope in your eyes.
Hear me, child.
I’ll love you every moment.
I will your warrior be.
And I’ll be beside you with my shield drawn,
Or in amity under the trees.
Harmless and helpless
Faultless and fragile.
I bow to meet you,
Meet you and soothe you,
More than what I knew,
This I vow.
Hear me, child.
I’ll love you every moment.
I will your warrior be.
And I’ll be beside you with my shield drawn,
But it’s you who is saving me.
– Grace Becker
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