Hardyes GCSE Aos1 - And The Glory Of The Lord

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11. From which musical period is this piece from?

Renaissance

Baroque

Classical

Romantic

20th Century

12. True or False: A plagal cadence sounds finished like 'Amen'.

True

False

13. True or False: 'And the Glory of the Lord' starts with an introduction played by the orchestra only.

True

False

14. True or False: A perfect cadence sounds unfinished.

True

False

15. When was Handel's Messiah written?

1641

1741

1841

16. True or False: The word setting for the phrase 'Shall be revealed' is syllabic.

True

False

17. True or False: The altos are the first voices to sing 'And all flesh shall sit together'.

True

False

18. Which of these voices sing in 'And the Glory of the Lord'?

Treble

Soprano

Mezzo-soprano

Castrato

Alto

Tenor

Baritone

Bass

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19. What is an Oratorio?

An opera performed in an opera house

A piece of music sung in a church service

An unstaged opera performed in a church

20. What is the texture of the opening sung phrase 'And the glory, the glory of the lord'?

Polyphonic

Homophonic

Monophonic

21. What is a Basso Continuo?

A continuos bassline

A harpsichord plus cello playing the bass and chords

A low pitched repeating pattern

22. Which keys does the piece modulate to? (tick all that apply)

F# minor

E major

A minor

B major

C major

23. Which cadences can you hear in this piece? (tick all that apply)

Perfect

Imperfect

Plagal

Interupted

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24. Which of the following are general features of music from the Baroque period? (tick all that apply)

Homophonic texture

Polyphonic texture

Minor key

Atonal

Simple functional harmony

Use of ornaments

Basso continuo

Small orchestra

Balanced 4 bar phrases

Extreme dynamics

25. Which textures can you find in this piece? (tick all that apply)

Monophonic

Homophonic

Polyphonic

Imitation

Heterophonic

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Hardyes GCSE Aos1 - And The Glory Of The Lord

1. What type of work is Handel's Messiah?

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What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. What key does 'And the Glory of the Lord' start in?

3. What keyboard instrument can you hear in 'And the Glory of the lord'?

4. What is the tempo marking at the start of the piece?

5. What is the word to do with rhythm, which describes when two groups of three beats, feels like three groups of two beats?

6. What melodic device is used on the phrase 'Shall be revealed'?

7. Which word describes the texture at the point when the voices enter singing 'shall be revealed' on at a time?

8. What harmonic device is created by the phrase 'For the mouth of the lord hath spoken it'?

9. What is the tempo marking of the last four bars of the piece?

10. What cadence is used at the end of the piece?

11. From which musical period is this piece from?

12. True or False: A plagal cadence sounds finished like 'Amen'.

13. True or False: 'And the Glory of the Lord' starts with an introduction played by the orchestra only.

14. True or False: A perfect cadence sounds unfinished.

15. When was Handel's Messiah written?

16. True or False: The word setting for the phrase 'Shall be revealed' is syllabic.

17. True or False: The altos are the first voices to sing 'And all flesh shall sit together'.

18. Which of these voices sing in 'And the Glory of the Lord'?

19. What is an Oratorio?

20. What is the texture of the opening sung phrase 'And the glory, the glory of the lord'?

21. What is a Basso Continuo?

22. Which keys does the piece modulate to? (tick all that apply)

23. Which cadences can you hear in this piece? (tick all that apply)

24. Which of the following are general features of music from the Baroque period? (tick all that apply)

25. Which textures can you find in this piece? (tick all that apply)