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Handel
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- 1*A major *The work ends with a PLAGAL CADENCE *The harmony is diatonic *It modulates to two related keys: The dominant (Emajor) and the super tonic (Bmajor)HANDEL
TONALITY AND HARMONY - 2*Composed in 1741 in London *Comes from the oratorio 'Messiah' (it is the first chorus in the oratorio)HANDEL
'And the glory of the lord' - 3*Period of music c.1600-1750 *Important composers of this period: Bach, Handel, Purcell and Vivaldi *Ornamentation *Diatonic melodies *keep the SAME MOOD throughout *Sting instrumentsHANDEL
BAROQUE - 4*Frequent use of IMITATION *Most of the piece alternates between HOMOPHONIC and CONTRUPUNTAL *Short MONOPHONIC phrase in bars 108-9 *The number of parts varies throughout the piece.HANDEL
TEXTURE - 5*There are a number of HEMILOAS in the piece. *Tempo - ALLEGRO (fast) *The three bars at the end of the piece are ADAGIO (slower tempo) *The time signature is 3/4 - this is a dance-like metreHANDEL
RHYTHM, METRE, AND TEMPO - 6*Mixture of SYLLABIC and MELISMATIC *Different phases of text are repeated many times - this makes the words clearHANDEL
WORD SETTING - 7*These four motifs are heard in different parts and combined in different ways throughout the movement *The Movement is based on four motifsHANDEL
MELODY - 8MOTIF !: *First sung by the altos, starts in bar 11, clearly outlines the key of A Major MOTIF 2: *First sung by the tenors, starts in bar 17. the motif uses a DESCENDING SEQUENCE and MELISMAHANDEL
MELODY
MOTIFS 1 & 2 - 9MOTIF 3: *First sung by the altos, starts in bar 43 MOTIF 4: First sung by tenors and basses, starts in bar 51. Most of it stays on the same pitch and uses longer notesHANDEL
MELODY
MOTIFS 3 & 4 - 10*The work starts with an orchestral introduction called a RITORNELLO *Shortened version of this return later in the work *There is no set form to the movement - it is based on different combinations of the four motifs.HANDEL
STRUCTURE - 11*The orchestra often doubles the vocal lines *The choir is made up of SOPRANOS, ALTOS, TENORS and BASSES *They are accompanied by STRINGS and CONTINUO (for cello and harpsichord or organ)HANDEL
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