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Description
Mind Map by Edward Aris, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Edward Aris
almost 9 years ago
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'And the Glory of the Lord'
from Messiah - Handel -
Essay
- Melody
- 4 main melodies
- Sung by the SATB choir
- Combined and contrasted throughout the piece
- Sung by the SATB choir
- Melody 1
- Only melody to begin with a broken chord of A major
- Only melody to begin with a broken chord of A major
- Melody 2
- Uses a descending sequence with extended melisma
on the word 'revealed'
- Uses a descending sequence with extended melisma
on the word 'revealed'
- Melody 3
- 3 short descending tunes from A-E
- 3 short descending tunes from A-E
- Melody 4
- Contrasts the most
- Long repeating A's making it sound solemn rather than joyful
- Contrasts the most
- 4 main melodies
- Tonality
- In the key of A major
- Modulations to ...
- Dominant key E major
- Dominant of the dominant B major
- Dominant key E major
- Creates a bright and joyful mood
- Enforced by its diatonic harmony
- Enforced by its diatonic harmony
- Modulations to ...
- Frequent perfect cadences to enforce keys and modulations to new keys
- Ends in a Plagal cadence
- Ends in a Plagal cadence
- In the key of A major
- Dynamics
- No dynamics are written on the score so they are determined by the
number of parts playing at any one time
- One voice = piano
- Full choir = forte
- One voice = piano
- Starts quietly and ends with the full choir
- Only use of terraced dynamics
- No dynamics are written on the score so they are determined by the
number of parts playing at any one time
- Mood
- 'Affection' piece
- Joy and celebration
- Common in the Baroque period
- Enforced by:
- Major tonality
- Allegro tempo
- Dance-like 3/4 tempo
- Major tonality
- Joy and celebration
- 'Affection' piece
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