Handel - And the Glory of the Lord

General:

·         Baroque- 1741

·         Part of an oratorio – the Messiah

Melody

·         The melody is based off of 4 melodic motifs

·         They all contrast

·         Sung by an SATB choir

·         1st

·   Ascending scale

·   Syllabic

·   4 bars long

·         2nd

·   Descending pattern

·   Mellismati

·   4 bars long

·         3rd

·   Balance of mellismatic and syllabic

·   4 bars long

·   Repeated note pattern

·         4th

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