Handel: For Unto Us A Child is Born from Messiah

Connect all the musical features of the orchestral opening to this set work.

'For Unto Us a Child is Born' is an extract taken from larger work called Messiah. Handel's Messiah is one of the best examples of an [blank_start]oratorio[blank_end].

This setwork begins in the key of...

This setwork is written for [blank_start]SATB[blank_end] Choir.

This is [blank_start]Theme A.[blank_end] It begins on note [blank_start]D[blank_end] followed by a [blank_start]falling 5th[blank_end] and a [blank_start]rising 4th[blank_end]. This followed by [blank_start]repeated notes[blank_end]. The theme is sung in [blank_start]syllabic[blank_end] style by the [blank_start]sopranos[blank_end] voices when it is first heard.

Theme A begins on note D followed by a falling [blank_start]5th[blank_end] and a rising [blank_start]4th[blank_end]. This followed by [blank_start]repeated notes[blank_end]. The theme is sung in [blank_start]syllabic[blank_end] style by the [blank_start]sopranos[blank_end] voices when it is first heard.

This is Theme A. Select the correct melodic features for the theme.

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This is [blank_start]Theme B1[blank_end], which is made up of [blank_start]falling scales[blank_end] using [blank_start]quavers[blank_end]. It is immediately developed using an [blank_start]ascending sequence[blank_end]. The theme is sung by [blank_start]sopranos[blank_end] when it is first heard.

Theme B1 is made up of [blank_start]falling scales[blank_end] using [blank_start]quavers[blank_end]. It is immediately developed using an [blank_start]ascending sequence[blank_end]. The theme is sung by [blank_start]sopranos[blank_end] when it is first heard.

This is Theme B1. Select the correct melodic features for the theme.

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This is Theme [blank_start]B2[blank_end], which is made up of [blank_start]descending triads[blank_end]. It is first sung by [blank_start]tenors[blank_end] and is immediately sung in [blank_start]imitation[blank_end] by the [blank_start]altos[blank_end].

This is [blank_start]Theme B2[blank_end], which is made up of [blank_start]descending triads[blank_end]. It is first sung by [blank_start]tenors[blank_end] and is immediately sung in [blank_start]imitation[blank_end] by the [blank_start]altos[blank_end].

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This is Theme [blank_start]C[blank_end], which is first sung by [blank_start]sopranos[blank_end]. Most of its melodic features are based on [blank_start]Theme A[blank_end], except for the long [blank_start]melisma[blank_end] that is sung using [blank_start]semiquavers[blank_end] on the word [blank_start]born[blank_end]. At the same time, Theme [blank_start]B1[blank_end] can be heard underneath, and is sung by [blank_start]tenors[blank_end], creating [blank_start]contrapuntal[blank_end] texture.

This is Theme [blank_start]C[blank_end], which is first sung by [blank_start]sopranos[blank_end]. Most of its melodic features are based on Theme [blank_start]A[blank_end], except for the long [blank_start]melisma[blank_end] that is sung using [blank_start]semiquavers[blank_end] on the word [blank_start]born[blank_end]. At the same time, Theme [blank_start]B1[blank_end] can be heard underneath, and is sung by [blank_start]tenors[blank_end], creating [blank_start]contrapuntal[blank_end] texture.

This is Theme C. Select the correct melodic features for the theme.

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This is [blank_start]Theme D[blank_end]. It starts with [blank_start]syllabic[blank_end] singing, and uses [blank_start]dotted rhythms[blank_end], with short [blank_start]ascending sequences[blank_end] in [blank_start]3rds[blank_end] and ends with a [blank_start]descending scale[blank_end] and a [blank_start]melisma[blank_end] on the word shoulder. The [blank_start]tenors[blank_end] sing it first, and is imitated by [blank_start]sopranos[blank_end], followed by [blank_start]basses[blank_end] who are doubled in [blank_start]compound 3rds[blank_end] by the [blank_start]altos[blank_end]. The whole theme ends with [blank_start]homophonic[blank_end] texture.

This is Theme [blank_start]D[blank_end]. It starts with [blank_start]syllabic[blank_end] singing, and uses [blank_start]dotted rhythms[blank_end], with short [blank_start]ascending sequences[blank_end] in [blank_start]3rds[blank_end] and ends with a [blank_start]descending scale[blank_end] and a [blank_start]melisma[blank_end] on the word [blank_start]shoulder[blank_end]. The [blank_start]tenors[blank_end] sing it first, and is imitated by [blank_start]sopranos[blank_end], followed by [blank_start]basses[blank_end] who are doubled in [blank_start]compound 3rds[blank_end] by the [blank_start]altos[blank_end]. The whole theme ends with [blank_start]homophonic[blank_end] texture and with an [blank_start]imperfect[blank_end] cadence.

This is Theme D. Select the correct melodic features of the theme.

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This is Theme [blank_start]E[blank_end]. The majesty implied by the text is a good example of [blank_start]word painting[blank_end] and is musically portrayed by [blank_start]SATB choir[blank_end] singing [blank_start]dotted rhythms[blank_end] in [blank_start]homophonic[blank_end] texture over [blank_start]primary chords[blank_end] and accompanied by repeated [blank_start]semiquaver[blank_end] patterns in violins. It is immediately developed through [blank_start]repetition[blank_end] and ends with a [blank_start]perfect[blank_end] cadence in D major.

This is Theme [blank_start]E[blank_end]. The majesty implied by the text is a good example of [blank_start]word painting[blank_end] and is musically portrayed by [blank_start]SATB choir[blank_end] singing [blank_start]dotted rhythms[blank_end] in [blank_start]homophonic[blank_end] texture over [blank_start]primary chords[blank_end] and accompanied by repeated [blank_start]semiquaver[blank_end] patterns in [blank_start]violins[blank_end]. It is immediately developed through [blank_start]repetition[blank_end] and ends with a [blank_start]perfect[blank_end] cadence in D major.

This is Theme E. Select the correct melodic features of theme.

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Which Theme is this, and who is singing it?

Which Theme is this, and who is singing it?

Which Theme is this, and who is singing it?

Which Themes do you hear, and which voices are singing them?

Which Theme is this, and who is singing it?

Which Themes do you hear, and which voices are singing them?

Which Theme is this, and who is singing it?

Which Theme is this, and who is singing it?

Which Themes do you hear, and which voices are singing them?

Which Theme is this, and who is singing it?

Which Theme is this, and who is singing it?

Which Themes do you hear, and which voices are singing them?

Theme C is sung by [blank_start]sopranos[blank_end] and [blank_start]altos[blank_end] in [blank_start]parallel 3rds[blank_end]. Theme [blank_start]B1[blank_end] is sung by [blank_start]basses[blank_end] and [blank_start]tenors[blank_end] in harmony.

This is [blank_start]Theme D[blank_end]. It is sung first by the [blank_start]sopranos[blank_end], but quickly imitated by the [blank_start]altos[blank_end] in [blank_start]stretto[blank_end]. [blank_start]Tenors[blank_end] and [blank_start]basses[blank_end] join in singing [blank_start]parallel 3rds[blank_end], and the [blank_start]homophonic[blank_end] texture is longer than before. The theme ends with an [blank_start]imperfect[blank_end] cadence in G major.

This is [blank_start]Theme E[blank_end]. All voices are singing in [blank_start]homophonic[blank_end] texture, but this time there is a [blank_start]descending scale[blank_end] in the [blank_start]soprano[blank_end] part. The theme is then repeated and ends with a [blank_start]perfect[blank_end] cadence in G major.

Handel's Messiah was first performed in [blank_start]1741[blank_end] in [blank_start]Dublin[blank_end]. It took him only [blank_start]24[blank_end] days to write the complete oratorio. Handel was born in [blank_start]1685[blank_end] and died in [blank_start]1759[blank_end].

Which of the following features is typical of an oratorio?

Which of the following features are typical of the Baroque period, which you can hear in For Unto us a Child is Born?