Handel

Handel

1. Features of Baroque Music: -Tonal -Use of Ornamentaion -Mainly String Orchestra -Use of basso continuo -Terraced DYnamics

2. Fourth movement from the messiah which is an oratorio first performed in Dublin 13 April 1742

3. An Oratorio is a orchestral work with a biblical subject. An oratorio includes Arias (vocal solo with orchestral accompaniment), Recitative (like a spoken song telling a story), Chorus(sung bu SATB choir)

4. General

   • First chorus after a tenor aria and before a bass recitative
   • 4 Motifs based on (and the glory of the Lord, Shall be ervealed, and all flesh shall see it together, For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it

5. Metre

   • 3/4 which makes it sound like a dance making it joyful

6. Tempo

   • Allegro, Last Four bars are marked adagio to make a grand ending

7. Tonality

   • Begins A Major
   • Bar 22 modulates to E Major
   • Returns to A Major in bar 37
   • In bar 63 changes to E major but then goes to B Major (dominant of the dominant)
   • A -. E -> A -> E -> B -> A

8. Harmony

   • No dissonance used
   • Perfect cadance to mark the end of intro
   • Piece ends in a plagal cadence so it sounds grand

9. Melody

   • Each motif has a diff melody
   • Motif B is a descending sequence
   • Motif D is mostly monotone

10. Rhythm

    • Different Rhythm for each motif
    • Motif B has dotted rhythm sequence
    • Hemiolas used at cadances

11. Texture

    • Homophonic / Contrapuntal

12. Structure

    • Has an introduction
    • Ritornello used when it modulates to E

13. Dynamics

    • Terraced Dynamics

14. Instrumentation

    • Basso Continuo: Cello & Organ
    • String Orchestra