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Year of composition |
1742 |
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Period of piece |
Baroque |
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Features of Baroque music |
Baroque orchestra=strings, few woodwind, brass and timpani |
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Genre of the piece |
(1st) Chorus from an Oratorio |
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What is an oratorio? |
A religious musical work |
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What is the name of this oratorio? |
The Messiah |
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Where would this piece be traditionally performed? |
At Easter, now played at Christmas |
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Where would it be performed? |
Concert halls, churches |
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Instrumentation |
SATB choir |
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Tempo and Rhythm |
Allegro until the ending whicb is adagio(slow) |
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Tonality |
A major (3 sharps) |
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Harmony |
Most cadences are perfect but the final cadence is plagal. |
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Texture |
Use of homophony where all four parts move together. |
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Melody |
4 main melodic ideas: |