Music Flash Cards

The Baroque Era (1600-1750)

 And the Glory of The Lord from the oritorio Messiah by G.F. Handel

Part 1: prophecies fortelling the coming of the Messiah, texts taken from old testiment & the story of His birth from new testiment

Part 2: the passion music of the suffering and cruifixion of Jesus, set mainly to words of the old testiment

Part 3: tells of Jesus' resurrection from the dead

• Aria - a solo vocal piece with instrumental accompaniment - reflects a mood or emotion, usually uplifting/joyful
• Recitative - style used in operas, oritorios and cantatas in which the text is told in the rhythm of the speech. Minimal use of music - in Messiah the scene is set
• The aria leads directly into 1st main chorus.

The Baroque Era (1600-1750)

 And the Glory of The Lord from the oritorio Messiah by G.F. Handel

Key ideas

Idea 1: 'And the glory of the Lord' - Short theme has two characteristic features. The first 3 notes outline a triad (A maj). The setting of the words is mainly syllabic

Idea 2: 'Shall be revealed' - This idea is built up using 2 one-bar descending sequences + is melismatic for the word 'revealed'

Idea 3: 'And all flesh shall see it together' - Repetitive idea consisting of 3 statements of the descending 4th idea. Repetition gives idea of firm statement

 Idea 4: 'For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it' - Characterised by dotted minim repeated notes.Notes serve to emphasise the convitction 'the Lord hath spoken it.' To make the strength come through Handel doubles this with the tenors and basses

The Baroque Era (1600-1750)

 And the Glory of The Lord from the oritorio Messiah by G.F. Handel

Keys:

• Starts in A major
• Modulates at bar 21 to E major
• After a perfect cadance it goes back to A major
• Bar 58-73 A maj modulates to E maj and hen swiftly to B maj (doinant) at 67
• Bar 94 returns to E maj
• Piece ends on A major 
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The Baroque Era (1600-1750)

 And the Glory of The Lord from the oritorio Messiah by G.F. Handel

Hemiola rhythm at bars 9-10. This was a very common practice when approaching a cadance.

Intro ends in a perfect cadance

Texture is homophonic at the begining

Tonic pedal in the tenor and bass parts at bar 51

Second section ends in a plagal cadance but cadance in bar 83 is imperfect

The Baroque Era (1600-1750)

 And the Glory of The Lord from the oritorio Messiah by G.F. Handel

The three-beath rest in all four voice parts leads into the final plagal cadance in four part homophony to add emphasis to the final words

'Hath spoken it''  

Different choral style

• Single-line writingg (monophonic)
• Four-part choir (homophonic
• Simple imitation
• Two ideas together
• Doubling of parts