AOS1-Handel

Question 1

What is the tonality of Handel’s ‘And The Glory Of The Lord’?

Answer 1

A major

Question 2

How many motifs are there in the SATB structure?

Answer 2

4

Question 3

What cadence is used at the end in Handel’s ‘And The Glory Of The Lord’?

Answer 3

Plagal

Question 4

What are the features of the motif ‘And the Glory of the Lord’?

Answer 4

Syllabic
Anacrusis
based around chord 1
ascending

Question 5

What are the features of the motif ‘Shall Be Revealed’?

Answer 5

Sequence
Melismatic
Descending

Question 6

What are the features of the motif ‘and all flesh shall see it together’?

Answer 6

Some melisma

scalic using steps

Question 7

What are the features of the motif ‘For the mouth of the lord hath spoken it’?

Answer 7

Lots of repeated notes to emphasise A major key.

Question 8

What is a change in emphasis of beats without changing time signature?

Answer 8

Hemiola

Question 9

What large scale work is this from?

Answer 9

Messiah (Oratorio)

Question 10

What is the texture of the piece?

Answer 10

Polyphonic

Question 11

What is the time signature of the piece

Answer 11

3/4

Question 12

What is the instrumentation of the piece?

Answer 12

SATB

Full baroque orchestra- Strings and bass continuos

Question 13

What is there a lot of in the vocals?

Answer 13

Immitation

Question 14

How are the dynamics of the piece?

Answer 14

Terraced