And The Glory Of The Lord

Question 0

What is the date of composition

Answer 0

1741

Question 1

Who is the composer

Answer 1

George Frederic Handle

Question 2

What type of movement is it

Answer 2

Chorus

Question 3

What instruments are in the song

Answer 3

SATB choir

Full baroque orchestra (strings, basso continuo with organ)

Question 4

What type of key is it mainly in

Answer 4

A Major key modulates to E major

Question 5

What key is the movement in

Answer 5

Mostly A major but modulates to E major twice and B major once

Question 6

What texture is the song

Answer 6

Mainly homophonic, some sections are polyphonic

Question 7

When does imitation occur

Answer 7

Used once the main idea has been introduced - one voice starts a motif and others follow

Question 8

What is the tempo

Answer 8

Allegro

Question 9

What time signature is the song

Answer 9

3/4 but in bars 9-10 feels like 2/4 (hemiola)

Question 10

What is a hemiola

Answer 10

When one time signature feels like another

Question 11

When does hemiola occur

Answer 11

Bars 9-10

Question 12

What are the cadence in the song

Answer 12

Mainly perfect cadences with occasional imperfect cadence

Plagal cadence at the end (amen)

Question 13

What are the 4 main ideas

Answer 13

And the glory of The Lord
Shall be revealed
And all flesh shall see it together
For the mouth of The Lord hath spoken it

Question 14

Who sings ‘and the glory of the lord’

Answer 14

Altos

Question 15

What type of phrase is ‘and the glory of the lord’

Answer 15

Syllabic

Question 16

Who sings shall be revealed first

Answer 16

Tenors

Question 17

In ‘shall be revealed’, ‘be revealed’ is what

Answer 17

Spread over a descending sequence

Question 18

How is ‘revealed’ spread out in ‘shall be revealed’

Answer 18

Spread over lots of notes (melismatic)

Question 19

Who sings ‘and all flesh shall see it together’

Answer 19

Altos

Question 20

Who sings ‘for the mouth of The Lord hath spoken it’

Answer 20

Basses and tenors

Question 21

How do basses and tenors sing ‘for the mouth of The Lord hath spoken it’

Answer 21

In unison, the harmony. Mostly sang on the same note - pedal note

Question 22

What type of composition is it

Answer 22

Oratorio

Question 23

What 4 subjects

Answer 23

And the glory of The Lord
Shall be revealed
And all flesh shall see it together
For the mouth of The Lord hath spoken it

Question 24

For the first motif what triad is it

Answer 24

a major triad

Question 25

What is the second motif

Answer 25

Descending sequence, melismas

Question 26

What is the third motif

Answer 26

Repeated descending scale

Question 27

what is the fourth motif

Answer 27

Long monotone

Question 28

What motifs are syllabic

Answer 28

1 and 4

Question 29

What motifs are melismas

Answer 29

2 and 3

Question 30

Dynamics

Answer 30

Continuo basso (p)
When new melodic line / texture is thin (f)

Question 31

What is the texture

Answer 31

Homophonic, polyphonic and monophonic

Contrapuntal melodic lines

Question 32

What is the structure

Answer 32

4 main musical ideas

Then everything polyphonic ally interweaved

Question 33

After the 4 main ideas how is everything interweaved

Answer 33

Polyphonically interweaved

Question 34

What cadence finished

Answer 34

Plagal cadence

Question 35

What instruments

Answer 35

Violins violas continuo basso (cello)

Vocals SATB

Question 36

What is the time signature

Answer 36

3/4 hemiola makes it sound like 2/4

Question 37

What is the tempo marking

Answer 37

Allegro then changed to adagio at end

Question 38

What time period was this

Answer 38

Baroque