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And the Glory of the Lord- Handel
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- 17 key features of Baroque music.Simple, mainly diatonic harmonies
Movements that keep the same mood throughout
The use of continuo
Terraced dynamics
Ornamentation
Complex contrapuntal writing
Orchestras made up largely of string instruments - 24 key Baroque composersHandel, Vivaldi, Purcell, Bach
- 3Dates of Baroque period1600-1750
- 4Handel-And the Glory of the Lord From what type of work is the movement taken? What date, and where was it composed? Where does the movement come from in the piece it was taken from?Oratorio, 'Messiah'
1741, London
First chorus of Messiah - 5Name the three performing forcesChoir is SATB
Accompanied by strings and continuo
Orchestra often doubles vocal line - 6How many motifs in the movement4
- 7What is the first motif and it's features.'And the Glory of the Lord'
First sung by Altos in bar 11, clearly outlines key of A major. - 8What is the second motif and its features?'Shall be revealed'
First sung by tenors in bar 17, melisma on 'revealed', descending sequence. - 9What is the third motif and it's features?'and all flesh shall see it together'
First sung by Altos in bar 4, short descending figure from A to E, repeated twice. - 10What is the fourth motif and its features?'For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it'
First sung by tenors and basses, starting in bar 51. A most of is at the same pitch ( around A ) and uses long notes notes it sounds solemn. - 113 points on the rhythm, metre and tempo of 'And the Glory of the Lord'the piece is in a dance like metre of 3/4. 3 crotchets per bar.
It is mostly very quick (allegro) however towards the end of the piece there is a bar of silence. Followed by 3 slower bars marked (adagio) to create a drawn out ending.
There are an number of hemiolas in the piece such as in bars 9-10. - 122 points on the tonality and harmony of 'And the Glory of the Lord'The piece is in A major however it does modulate to two related keys, the dominant (E major) and the supertonic (B major), the work ends with a plagal cadence in A major.
The harmonies are diatonic. - 134 points on the texture of 'And the glory of the Lord'The piece alters between homophonic and contrapuntal texture. The first passage is sung by the whole chore and is homophonic. This is followed by the contrapuntal section 'shall be revealed'.
There is a short monophonic passage in bars 108-9
Handel uses imitation, for example in bars 17 the tenors sing 'Shall be revealed' and this is repeated by the altos and basses.
The number of parts varies. - 142 points on the word setting of 'And the glory of the Lord'It is a mixture of syllabic and melismatic.
For example motif four is syllabic. Where as motif 2 'revealed' is melismatic.
Different phrase are repeated many times, helping to make it as clear as possible.
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