Handel: 'And the Glory of the Lord' from Messiah

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Area of Study 1: Western Classical music 1600-1899
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Handel: 'And the Glory of the Lord' from Messiah
  1. PERFORMING FORCES
    1. Choir is made up of sopranos, altos, tenors and basses
      1. They are accompanied by strings and continuo (for cello and harpsichord or organ
        1. The orchestra often doubles the vocal lines
        2. STRUCTURE
          1. Starts with an orchestral introduction, called a ritornello which means little return. Returns back to original idea/ motif (ABACA)
            1. Based on different combinations of four motifs.
            2. MELODY
              1. Based upon four different motifs
              2. RHYTHM, METRE AND TEMPO
                1. This piece is in 3/4
                  1. Fast tempo (Allegro)
                    1. There are a number of hemiolas in the piece (where music feels as if its in 2/4 rather than 3/4
                    2. TONALITY AND HARMONY
                      1. The piece is in A major. It modulates to two related keys: the dominant, E major and the supertonic, B major
                        1. Piece ends with a plagal cadance in A major.
                          1. The harmony is diatonic.
                          2. TEXTURE
                            1. Most of the piece alternates between homophonic and contrapuntal.
                              1. Very short monophonic passage in bars 108-9
                                1. Handel uses imitation
                                2. WORD SETTING
                                  1. Mixture of syllabic and melismatic word setting.
                                    1. Different phrases of text are repeated many times, helping to make the words as clear as possible
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