Handel And the Glory of the Lord
- Created by: Emily Uffindell
- Created on: 21-04-13 17:56
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- Handel : ' And the Glory of the Lord ' from Messiah
- Composed : 1741
- Melody
- The four motifs
- And the Glory the Glory of the Lord
- Shall be revealed
- And all flesh shall see it together
- Shall be revealed
- And the Glory the Glory of the Lord
- The four motifs
- Choir: Soprano, Alto,Tenor,Bass
- Performing Forces
- Choir accompanied by strings and continuo
- The orchestra often doubles the vocal lines
- Choir accompanied by strings and continuo
- Performing Forces
- Usually performed in concert halls and theatres
- Rhythm,Metre and Tempo
- 3 crotchets in a bar = 3/4
- mainly Allegro until the end where there is some Adagio
- 3 crotchets in a bar = 3/4
- Word Setting
- syllabic and melismatic
- different phrases repeated many times
- syllabic and melismatic
- hemiolas makes it feel like 2/4 rather than 3/4
- Tonality and Harmony
- Handel : ' And the Glory of the Lord ' from Messiah
- Composed : 1741
- Melody
- The four motifs
- And the Glory the Glory of the Lord
- Shall be revealed
- And all flesh shall see it together
- Shall be revealed
- And the Glory the Glory of the Lord
- The four motifs
- Choir: Soprano, Alto,Tenor,Bass
- Performing Forces
- Choir accompanied by strings and continuo
- The orchestra often doubles the vocal lines
- Choir accompanied by strings and continuo
- Performing Forces
- Usually performed in concert halls and theatres
- Rhythm,Metre and Tempo
- 3 crotchets in a bar = 3/4
- mainly Allegro until the end where there is some Adagio
- 3 crotchets in a bar = 3/4
- Word Setting
- syllabic and melismatic
- different phrases repeated many times
- syllabic and melismatic
- Amajor
- modulates to dominant E major
- modulates to supertonic B major
- modulates to dominant E major
- Handel : ' And the Glory of the Lord ' from Messiah
- ends in plagal cadence
- diatonic
- Texture
- homophonic and contrapuntual
- short passages of monophonic
- homophonic and contrapuntual
- Texture
- diatonic
- Baroque period
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