"And The Glory Of The Lord" revision quiz

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What is the instrumentation of this piece?
Beginnings of a standard string formation, chamber organ, harpsichord,bassoon,oboe x2
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What are the vocal lines in this piece?
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
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When was this piece composed?
1742
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What period of music is this piece from?
Baroque
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Which features show that it is from this period?
ornamentation, little dynamic contrast
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This piece is a/n......
oratorio, as it tells the story of Jesus
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The piece is marked...
allegro
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The last four bars are marked...
adagio
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The time signature of this piece is....
3/4
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There is a hemiola in bars....
8/9
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The harmony is.....
simple, diatonic, functional and based largely around primary chords
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The harmonic rhythm is generally how many chords per bar?
1 or 2
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How many motifs is the structure based on?
4
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The orchestral introduction can be described as a...
ritornello
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What is used to define sections/keys?
perfect cadences
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The piece ends on a ... cadence.
perfect
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How many main melodies are first presented in the tonic?
3 or 4
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The piece is in..... with modulations to ... and ...
A major, E major, B major
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Which motif acts as a pedal point?
4
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What is the mood of this piece?
Happy (major)
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Description of melodic theme 1 ("And the glory of the Lord"
3 notes outline a triad, followed by a stepwise scale ending. Begins on 2nd beat of the bar or the mediant and ends on the tonic.
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Description of melodic theme 2 ("Shall be revealed")
Mellismatic, descending sequence. Begins on tonic, ends on supertonic
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Description of melodic theme 3 ("And all flesh shall see it together")
Starts on tonic, jumps to dominant and then descends by step, repeating 3 times. Based on descending 4th
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Description of melodic theme 4 ("For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it")
Tonic to submediant to sudominant and ends on dominant. Long repeated notes and provides an tonic (basses) and dominant (sopranos) pedal
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Who composed this piece?
Handel
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