And the Glory of the Lord,, everything you need to know.
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- Created on: 08-05-13 18:14
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- Rhythm metre and tempo.
- Glory of the Lord.
- STRUCTURE
- Starts with an orchestral introduction called a ritornell.
- No Set Structure
- based on four different ideas
- CONTEXT
- Performed in concert halls and theatres.
- The messiah is about the birth death and ressurection of Jesus.
- And the Glory is the FIRST CHORUS
- The Piece comes from the Oratorio Messiah
- MELODY-four motifs
- Motif 1
- Altos outlines A Major triad. is syllabic.
- Motif 4
- Tenors and basses sing a pedal. (long repeating notes of changing chords)
- Motif 2
- Tenors, descending sequences (same pattern increasing lower)
- 8 under treble clef, means SOUNDS an octive lower
- Tenors, descending sequences (same pattern increasing lower)
- Motif 3
- Altos a descending idea that repeats.
- Motif 1
- TOALITY & HARMONY
- In A Major
- modulates to E major (dominant) then B major (supertonic)
- The harmony is diatonic.
- TEXTURE
- soma passages are homphonic.
- part move in the same rhythm, in harmony.
- contrapuntual. (many melodies at the same time)
- Imitaion in bar 17, (one part copying the other)
- short part that is monophonic (one melodic line)
- soma passages are homphonic.
- Instrumentation
- The Orchestra often doubles to vocal line.
- Accompanied by strings and....
- Continuo is the cello and either the harpsichord or organ.
- Choir is made up of sopranos, altos, tenors and basses
- Word setting
- Syllabic and melismatic
- melismatic means when several notes are sung to one word.
- Phrases repeated making the words as clear as possible.
- STRUCTURE
- 3/4 time signature
- maintains a fast tempo. Allegro.
- Adagio (slow) ending.
- bar 9/10, feels like it changed time signature, (Hemiolas)
- Glory of the Lord.
- Instrumentation
- The Orchestra often doubles to vocal line.
- Accompanied by strings and....
- Continuo is the cello and either the harpsichord or organ.
- Choir is made up of sopranos, altos, tenors and basses
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