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Handel
- Baroque
- Period of music - c.1600 - 1750
- Important composers of
the period: Bach, Handel,
Purcell and Vivaldi
- Key features of
baroque music
- Simple, mainly
diatonic harmonies
- Movements that
keep the SAME
MOOD throughout
- Changes in volume
are SUDDEN rather
than gradual
- Ornamentation
- Orchestras made up
largely of STRING
instruments
- Use of CONTINUO
- Simple, mainly
diatonic harmonies
- Period of music - c.1600 - 1750
- 'And the Glory of the Lord'
- Comes from the oratorio
'Messiah' (it is the first
chorus in the oratorio)
- Composed in
1741 in London
- Comes from the oratorio
'Messiah' (it is the first
chorus in the oratorio)
- Performing Forces
- The choir is made up of
SOPRANOS, ALTOS,
TENORS and BASSES
- They are accompanied
by STRINGS and
CONTINUO (for cello
and harpsichord or
organ)
- The orchestra often
doubles the vocal lines
- The choir is made up of
SOPRANOS, ALTOS,
TENORS and BASSES
- Structure
- The work starts with an
orchestral introduction
called a RITORNELLO
- Shortened versions of this
music return later in the work
- There is no set form to the
movement - it is based on different
combinations of the four motifs
- The work starts with an
orchestral introduction
called a RITORNELLO
- Melody
- The movement is based
on four different motifs
- MOTIF 1 - First sung by the
altos, starts in bar 11, clearly
outlines the key of A major
- MOTIF 2 - First
sung by the tenors,
starts in bar 17.
The motif uses a
DESCENDING
SEQUENCE and
MELISMA
- MOTIF 3 - First sung by the
altos, starts in bar 43.
- MOTIF 4 - First sung by tenors
and basses, starts in bar 51.
Most of it stays on the same
pitch and uses longer notes
- MOTIF 1 - First sung by the
altos, starts in bar 11, clearly
outlines the key of A major
- These four motifs are heard
in different parts and
combined in different ways
throughout the movement
- The movement is based
on four different motifs
- Rhythm, Metre and Tempo
- The time signature is 3/4
- this is a dance-like metre
- Tempo - ALLEGRO (fast)
- There are a number of
HEMIOLAS in the piece
- The 3 bars at the end of
the piece are ADAGIO
(slower tempo)
- The time signature is 3/4
- this is a dance-like metre
- Tonality and
Harmony
- A major
- It modulates to two related
keys: the dominant (Emajor)
and the supertonic (Bmajor)
- The work ends with a
PLAGAL CADENCE
in A major
- The harmony is
DIATONIC
- A major
- Texture
- Most of the piece alternates
between HOMOPHONIC and
CONTRAPUNTAL
- Short MONOPHONIC
phrase in bars 108-9
- Frequent use of IMITATION
- The number of parts varies
throughout the piece
- Most of the piece alternates
between HOMOPHONIC and
CONTRAPUNTAL
- Word Setting
- Mixture of SYLLABIC
and MELISMATIC
- Different phrases of text are
repeated many times - this makes
the words clear
- Mixture of SYLLABIC
and MELISMATIC
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