Music AOS1 And the Glory of The Lord

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  • And the Glory of the Lord
    • Context
      • Handel, performed in Dublin 1742, Baroque, Oratorio, Messiah
    • Instruments
      • SATB Choir, two violins, viola, continuo (organ & cello)
    • Structure
      • Chorus based off 4 lines of the text
        • Line1: Triadic, syllabic. 2: Sequence. 3: Repeated motif. 4: Long repeated notes (A)
    • Melody
      • Line1: Triadic, syllabic. 2: Sequence. 3: Repeated motif. 4: Long repeated notes (A)
    • Tonality & Harmony
      • A>E>B>E, Always major. Perfect cadences. Ends with loud plagal cadence.
    • Texture
      • Always changing: polyphonic; imatitive; canon b113; monophonic; homophonic ending.
    • Rhythm
      • Joyful mood throughout. Hemiola: seems 2/4, still 3/4
    • Tempo & Metre
      • 3/4, Allegro (fast)
    • Dynamics
      • Terraced Dynamics, (sudden, not gradual). Ends loudly after dramatic rest.

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