And The Glory Of the Lord Flashcards
How is the choir layered?
4 layers
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
What is the choir accompanied by?
A string orchestra
A continuo - organ, cello and double bass that play continuously even when the orchestra rests
What is a ritornello?
The orchestra playing on its own in the introduction and various points in the piece
Where is And the Glory Of the Lord taken from?
It is a movement from Handel’s “Messiah”
Messiah is an oratorio, what is that?
A large composition for choirs, orchestras and soloists. They are made up of movements
What type of cadences are there a lot of in the piece?
Perfect cadences
What is the final cadence?
Plagal
How many main musical ideas are there?
4 based on 3 lines of text. The first is split into two music phrases
How does Handel introduce each musical idea?
One voice starts idea, and other voices join in overlapping and interweaving with each other
What is the texture of the piece?
Polyphonic with some homophonic bars
The last few bars a homophonic
When was it written?
1741 during the Baroque period
What is the time signature of the piece?
3/4 and the tempo is allegro
What is a hemiola?
A rhythmic device that provides the shift from a triple metre to a duple metre
