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12 Cards in this Set
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Composer? |
G F Handel |
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Title? |
"And the Glory of the Lord" from "Messiah" |
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Genre? |
Baroque 1600-1750 |
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Year composed? |
1741 (written in 24 days) |
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Rhythm? |
Time signature: 3/4 Use of Hemiola (2 bars of 3/4 treated as 3 bars of 2/4) Walking bass line. Driving regular on-beat crotchet rhythms |
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Tempo? |
Allegro opening (lively and fast) Adagio at bar 135 for the last 4 bars |
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Melody and Pitch |
Top note is a top A and bottom note is E. 4 musical motifs (or ideas) Motif 1: And the glory of the Lord Motif 2: Shall be revealed Motif 3: And all flesh shall see it together Motif 4: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it
Each motif played separately and then developed in different ways |
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Harmony? |
Diatonic harmony Major harmonies Perfect cadences Finishes on a plagal cadence. |
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Texture? |
Polyphonic section Chordal homophonic coda |
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Form & Structure? |
4 contrasting motifs Each separately stated and then developed |
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Form & Structure? |
4 contrasting motifs Each separately stated and then developed |
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Instrumentation? |
Vocals: Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass Strings: Violins, Violas, Cellos and Double Basses Continuo: Harpsichord or Organ with Cellos and Basses) Trumpets Timpani (kettle drums)
Later Oboes and Bassoons were added. |
