Handel ~ And the Glory of the Lord from Messiah 1742.
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- Created on: 01-04-13 19:12
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- Handel ~ And the Glory of the Lord from Messiah 1742.
- Structure
- Recitatives, arias and choruses.
- Fourth movement of the whole work, is the first chorus.
- Opening instrumental overture, two solo movements.
- 4 motifs.
- 'And the glory of the Lord'
- 'Shall be revelaed'
- 'And all flesh shall see it together'
- 'For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it'
- Texture
- Monophonic in bars 11-13
- Homophonic in bars 33-38
- Doubling of parts in bars 51-
- Simple imitation in bars 17-
- Two ideas together in bars 110-113
- Vocal parts doubled by instruments
- Melody
- Idea 1 ~ first three notes outline a triad, words are syllabic. (1 note per syllable)
- Idea 2 ~ two one-bar descending sequences and is melismatic (several notes to a syllable)
- Idea 3 ~ three statements of the descending fourth idea.
- Idea 4 ~ long dotted minims. Emphasise the conviction 'The Lord hath spoken it'.
- Dynamics
- Use of terrassed dynamics
- Allegro tempos, sounds joyful.
- At the end slow 'Adagio'.
- The only dynamics are f and p.
- Tonality and harmony
- Major key throughout, begins and ends in tonic of A major.
- Three beat rest in all voice parts, leads to plagal cadence at end HOMOPHONIC.
- Diatonic, using mostly root position and first inversion chords.
- Suspensions (tied notes which don't belong to the chord) add some dissonance and melodic decoration.
- Structure
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