Handel And the Glory of the Lord

REVISION GRID
Style/Genre/Era
Tonality
Harmony
Time signature and
tempo
Instrumentation
Structure
Texture
Melody

Rhythm
Features of

Baroque era
Chorus from oratorio Messiah
A major
Modulates to E major (dominant - 5) and B major (dominant of dominant 5 of 5)
Functional harmony (primary triads; 1, 4, 5, 6 and 2)
Plagal cadence at end.
3/4 time signature
Fast tempo (Allegro)
Last 3 bars slower tempo (Adagio)
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Small string section
Continuo: organ and cello
Instrumental intro
Structure based on 4 lines of text
3 bar coda (Hath spoken it)
Clear use of different textures
Monophonic (alto entry); homophonic (last three bars Hath spoken it); polyphonic (when
there are 2 lines of text sung at the same time)
And the Glory of the Lord: syllabic
Shall be revealed: sequence, melismatic
And all flesh shall see it together: repeated motif, melismatic
For the mouth of the lord hath spoken it: tonic pedal note
Shall be revealed: dotted rhythms
For the mouth of the lord hath spoken it: long note values
(Hemiola in intro)
Functional harmony
Use of continuo
One overall mood/affection

style/genre

Clear use of different textures