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17 Cards in this Set
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What kind of piece was this? |
An oratorio |
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When was is composed? |
1741 |
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What style of music is it? |
Baroque |
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Key? |
A Major |
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Metre? |
3/4 |
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Structure? |
- No formal structure - Starts with an orchestral introduction - Introduction is ritornello (it reappears throughout the piece) - Made up by different combinations of four motifs |
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Tempo? |
- Allegro (fast) except for the ending, which is Adagio (slow) - Change of tempo creates a stately and grand ending |
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Instrumentation? |
Baroque Orchestra - 1st and 2nd Violins - Violas - SATB Choir - Basso Continuo > Double Bass (an octave lower than written) > Cello >Chamber Organ |
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Melody? |
- Four main motifs - Lots of imitation - Most of the singing is syllabic and sometimes melismatic |
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Motif A "And the glory the glory of the lord" |
- First sung by altos - Dotted rhythm in bar 2 - Completely syllabic |
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Motif B "Shall be revealed" |
- First sung by the tenors - 'revealed' is a descending sequence - 'revealed' is melismatic |
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Motif C "And all flesh shall see it together" |
- First sung by the altos - Repetition used between 'all flesh', 'shall see it' and 'together' - There are melismas |
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Motif D "For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it" |
- First sung by the tenors and basses - Only two notes used (A and B) - Longer notes used, which are repeated - Completely syllabic |
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Rhythm? |
- First 3 motifs mostly use crotchets and quavers - Motif D used long (dotted minim) repeated notes - Word painting ('For the mouth of the lord hath spoken in' = bold statement and the rhythm supports that) - Hemiolas used towards cadence points - music feels like it's in 2/4 |
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Harmony and Tonality? |
- A Major - Modulates to E major (dominant) and B major (supertonic) - Harmony is completely diatonic (only using notes within the key) |
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Texture? |
- Contrast of homophonic and polyphonic - Ending is homophonic - Imitation is used between parts |
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Dynamics? |
- Terraced dynamics used (clear contrasts between loud and soft) - Ending is loud - Dynamics depends on the number of parts playing at a time |
