Link to online score: http://erato.uvt.nl/files/imglnks/usimg/6/68/IMSLP96639-PMLP22568-H__ndel-Messias-Halleluja_EN_DE.pdf
Link to Listening Map: http://www.makingmusicfun.net/pdf/worksheets/messiah-listening-map.pdf
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Score Analysis #1 Name:____________
Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah Period:_________
Due: Monday, Dec. 2nd
Follow
the web address above to a YouTube video and listen to the Hallelujah Chorus
twice through. The first time, follow along with the listening map provided on
the second sheet. This will be a review of the piece. The second time, follow
along with your score and answer the following questions. Please refer to the
musical terms list on the back for questions.
1. Who is the composer of the Hallelujah
Chorus and what larger work is it a part of?
2. What Time Signature is the piece in? How many beats per measure and
which note “gets the beat”?
3. How many measures of rest are there before the choir enters?
4. What is the opening dynamic marking for the choir’s first
entrance? (How does that dynamic sound?)
5. The musical texture at the beginning
of the piece is best described as what?
6. At 00:26
seconds, the musical texture is best described as what? What rehearsal mark is
at this point?
7. At 00:32
seconds, the musical texture is best described as what?
8. At 00:52
seconds, the musical texture is best described as what?
9. At what rehearsal number (box) and
time index does the musical texture next become homophonic? What is the dynamic level is indicated at this
point?
10. At rehearsal mark 41 (box)/ 1:38 describe what you hear happening in
the Bass, Tenor, Alto and Soprano?
11. What musical texture would you say is mostly present between 2:02 and 2:45? Explain.
12. What happens at time index 3:39? What do you suppose Handel’s
intent is at this point as a composer?
Terms:
Monophony/Monophonic: the
simplest of musical textures, consisting of a melody without accompanying harmony. This may be
realized as just one note at a time, or with the same note duplicated at the octave (such as often
when men and women sing together).
Homophony/Homophonic: is a texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony, the relationship
between them creating chords. In homophonic music
each part consists of the same rhythm and note values but different pitches.
Polyphony/Polyphonic: is a texture consisting of two or more simultaneous lines of independent
melody. In polyphonic music each line has its one set of rhythms and pitches.
Dynamics: The
relative loudness or softness of a sound. Common dynamic levels range from Pianissimo (pp – very soft) to Fortissimo (FF – very loud)
Measure/Bar: is a
segment of time defined by a given number of beats. Measures are broken up by vertical barlines.
Time Signature: is a
notational convention used to
specify how many beats are in each bar and which note value constitutes one beat. The top number indicates the number of
beats per measure and the bottom number indicates which type of note gets the
beat.
-----------------------------------------------------Assignment – Concert Review
Due
10/22/13
Now that the Fall Concert is over and done with it’s time to
reflect on what you have accomplished. Please write a 250 word essay reviewing
the concert. If this was your first concert, discuss how you felt before,
during and after the performance. If you've had many concerts before, what was
different about this one and how did it compare to previous experiences? What
did you personally do well at and what could you improve on? What did your
choir do well on and what could be improved upon. What was your favorite song
you sung and why? What was your favorite moment of the entire performance?
Please describe how the events affected you, not just retell the events of the
concert.
------------------------------------------------------Spring 2013
Here are any and all assignments for A Cappella.
Score
Analysis Assignment
Overview:
The purpose
of this assignment is to select and analyze a choral score of your choosing and
become an expert on it. Browse the music library in the choir room and select a
score that looks interesting to you. Try to find something you have never
seen/heard before. Using your knowledge and experience, you are to write a short
bio of the piece. Some of the scores you select may be programmed in the future.
You will find SATB scores throughout the music library in the choir room.
Required Components:
·
150
word minimum, 250 word maximum, typed
·
Original
copy of score turned in with paper
·
Composer?
·
Publisher?
·
Text
(What language? Sacred? Secular? What is the message?)
·
Tempo?
·
Dynamics?
·
What
key signature is it? (Major/Minor?)
·
When
was it written?
·
Why
was it written?
·
Is
the texture homophonic, polyphonic or both?
·
Link
to recording – if possible
·
How
difficult is the piece?
·
Voicing?
(SATB? Accompanied? A Cappella? Divisi?)
·
Would
you program it? If so what type of concert would you choose and why?
Due: TBA
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