Zusammenfassung der Ressource
'And the Glory of the Lord'-
Handel
- Instrumentation
- SATB choir
- Accompanied
by strings and
continuo
- Orchestra
doubles
vocals
- Structure
- Ritornello -orchestra introduction
- Versions of
intro reoccur
- No set form
- Combinations
of 4 motifs
- Plagal ending
- Melody
- Motif One
- First by Altos
- Outlines
key of A
major
- Motif Two
- First by Tenors
- Descending sequence
- Melisma
- Motif Three
- First by Altos
- Descending from A-E twice
- Motif Four
- First by
Tenors&Basses
- Same Pitch
- Tempo
- 3/4=Dance like
- Allegro
- Last 3 bars= Adagio
- Hemiolas- bars 9-10
- Tonality and Harmony
- Piece In A major
- Modulates to
dominant
(Emajor)& to
the supertonic
(Bmajor)
- Harmony is diatonic
- Texture
- Homophonic
- Contrapuntal
- Some monophonic
- Lots of imitation
- Part numbers vary
- Terrassed dynamics
- Word Setting
- Syllabic
- Melismatic
- Lots of repetition