GCSE Music: AoS1: 'And the Glory of the Lord' - Handel

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Created on: 30-09-12 16:03

oratorio

Large-scale musical setting for chorus, soloists and orchestra of a biblical text, designed for concert performance. Like an opera.

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Baroque

The period in history between 1600 and 1750.

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recitative

A style used in operas, oratorios and cantatas in which the text is declaimed (told) in the rhythm of natural speech.

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aria

An elaborate medlody sung with accompaniment. Usually part of an opera or an oratorio.

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chorus

A composition usually in four or more parts written for a large number of singers. Sums up the story at that particular point.

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afflect (afflection)

The mood of the piece.

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diatonic

Harmony that uses only the notes of the scale.

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monophonic

Musical texture of a single melodic line with no accompaniment.

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homophonic

Musical texture comprising of a melody and an accompaniment.

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polyphonic

Two or more parts, each with a melody line, sounding together e.g. a round.

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imitation

Copying.

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triadic

Made up from the notes of chords.

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melisma

More than one note for each syllable.

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syllabic

One note for each syllable.

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scalic

Moves like a scale.

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pedal note

A sustained note under changing harmonies, usually in the lowest part.

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plagal cadence

Chord IV - I at the end of a sequence.

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perfect cadence

Chord V - I at the end of a sequence.

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hemiola

In truple time, this is a harmonic device in which notes are grouped in two beats.

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modulation

When the music changes key.

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The period in history between 1600 and 1750.

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Baroque

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A style used in operas, oratorios and cantatas in which the text is declaimed (told) in the rhythm of natural speech.

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An elaborate medlody sung with accompaniment. Usually part of an opera or an oratorio.

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A composition usually in four or more parts written for a large number of singers. Sums up the story at that particular point.

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GCSE Music: AoS1: 'And the Glory of the Lord' - Handel