Ein Feste Burg mov. 1
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- Created by: E.H13
- Created on: 28-02-18 19:10
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- Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott mov. 1
- Tonality
- D major
- Bright Major key/idea of joy and praising God
- LINK to Handel "Hallelujah Chorus"
- Mainly modulates to related keys, such as A major and G major
- Mainly modulates to related keys, such as A major and G major
- Diatonic
- Ends on a perfect cadence
- D major
- Harmony
- Tonic pedals used frequenty
- e.g. the last 4 bars of the movement
- LINK to Handel "And the Glory of the Lord"
- 4-3 suspentions
- e.g. bar 16
- LINK to Handel "Zadok the Preist"
- Tonic pedals used frequenty
- Melody
- Cantus Firmus
- LINK to Mozart "Lacrimosa"
- Conjunct and mainly diatonic
- LINK to Handel "For unto us a child is born (Messiah)"
- Main theme (1st subject) and real answer (heard a 4th down)
- Meslismatic writing
- Idea that it was written for trained choristers
- Wide range of SATB choir
- LINK to Handel Messiah
- Cantus Firmus
- Texture
- Written in a fugal style
- LINK to Pachelbel's Canon
- 1st Subject and real answer intertwine
- LINK to Handel "For unto us a child is born"
- Common texture of the baroque period
- Counter subject (first introduced in tenor) is from 2nd phrase of Martin Luther hymn
- Written in a fugal style
- Rhythm
- Mainly crotchets, semiquavers and minims
- LINK to Handel "And the Glory of the Lord"
- Tied notes used to drive music forward
- Mainly crotchets, semiquavers and minims
- Structure
- Instead of being based on a long melodic line, having the music based on short melodic ideas
- LINK to (you've guessed it) Handel "And the Glory of the Lord"
- Written in a fugal style
- Instead of being based on a long melodic line, having the music based on short melodic ideas
- Tonality
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