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Page 1: And the Glory of the Lord - Cotham School Music...And the Glory of the Lord.pptx Author Ben Jose Created Date 12/2/2014 9:28:27 PM

AND  THE  GLORY  OF  THE  LORD  

HANDEL  

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Background  Informa;on  Comes  from  the  Oratorio  the  ‘Messiah’   WriFen  in  1741  

First  performed  in  Dublin  in  1742  

Fourth  movement  from  1st  sec;on    

First  chorus  heard  

Tradi;onally  performed  at  Easter  but  now  at  Christmas  

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Structure  

These  contrast  to  add  shape  and  character  to  the  music  

4  main  musical  themes  –  one  for  each  line  of  text  

Starts  with  an  instrumental  Introduc;on  -­‐  Ritornello  

Built  in  canon    

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Idea  1  

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Idea  2  

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Idea  3  

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Idea  4  

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Structure  Con;nued  

‘Shall  Be  Revealed’  –  two  descending  sequences;  melisma;c  word  seXng    

‘And  the  Glory  of  the  Lord’  –  first  three  notes  outline  an  A  major  chord;  ends  in  step  wise  scale  F#G#A;  syllabic  word  seXng    

The  4  musical  themes  are:  

‘And  all  Flesh  shall  See  it  Together’  –  repe;;ve  idea,  three  ;mes,  interval  of  a  fourth;  limited  vocal  range  of  E-­‐A    

‘And  the  Mouth  of  the  Lord’  –  long  doFed  minim  notes,  constant  pitch;  acts  as  pedal  point,  emphasises  importance  of  words    

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Harmony  and  Tonality  

In  A  major  –  modulates  to  E  major  and  B  major  

Diatonic  chords  

Mainly  perfect  cadences  

Ends  in  plagal  cadence  

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Melody  and  Pitch  

Top  A  –  BoFom  G  vocal  range  

Imita;on  between  parts  

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Rhythm  and  Tempo  

Triple  ;me  3/4    Allegro  Tempo  Marking  

Hemiolas  to  give  2/4  feels  –  add  to  joyful  and  upli`ing  affec;on  by  giving  more  of  a  drive  

DoFed  rhythms  and  crotchet  syncopa;on  

Last  four  bars  marked  Adagio  

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Instrumenta;on  

Tradi;onal  Baroque  Orchestra  

Basso  Con;nuo,  Strings,  Trumpets  and  Timpani  

SATB  Choir  

Tradi;onally  12-­‐24  male  singers  

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Texture  

Bars  33-­‐38  homophonic  across  four  part  choir  

Opens  with  monophony    

Use  of  homophonic,  polyphonic  and  monophonic  textures  

Ends  with  chordal,  homophonic  coda  

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Dynamics  

Hardly  any  marked  on  score  

Those  that  are,  are  terraced  

Between  MF  and  F  to  match  the  joyful  mood  of  words  and  key  

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Handel  –  ‘And  the  Glory  of  the  Lord’