Chapter 24 - Listening Guide Quiz 14: Handel: Messiah, No. 44

Which of the following statements correctly describe the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's Messiah?

-It is from an oratorio -The texture varies for different lines of text

Listen to the following music excerpts and drag them to the correct location on the text written out on the right.

Homorhythm: Hallelujah! Monophony: For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth Imitative polyphony: and He shall reign for ever and ever.

Match the excerpts from the "Hallelujah Chorus" with the correct texture.

Polyphonic: Red Monophonic: Orange

Listen to the following music excerpts and drag them to the correct location on the text written out below. Be sure to click in the yellow part of the card when you are ready to drag it; the card will not move if you click on the play button.

Purple: For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth Red: The kingdom of this world Blue:and He shall reign for ever and ever

The first one minute and fourteen seconds of the "Hallelujah Chorus" features a homorhythmic texture at the beginning that then becomes imitative. T/F?

True

One of Handel's most famous choruses is known as the "Hallelujah" chorus from Messiah. Which best describes the performing forces in this work?

chorus and full orchestra

Which best describes the pace of this excerpt?

fast

Drag and drop the appropriate words to describe the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Handel's Messiah.

he texture of this SATB chorus with (orchestra) varies from (homorhythm) (all voices moving together but with different notes) to (monophony) (all voices singing the same tune together) to (imitative polyphony) (voices entering at different times with the same tune).

The next text line is "The kingdom of this world is become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ." Which best describes the texture when the voices sing this line?

homorhythm

Which best describes the relationship between the voices (the texture) when they enter in the opening section singing "Hallelujah"?

homorhythm

Which best describes the texture when the voices return to "Hallelujah"?

homorhythm

In the next phrase, the chorus sings "For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth" and "Hallelujah." Which best describes the texture in this passage?

imitative polyphony

Which best describes the texture when the voices first sing "For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth"?

monophony

Which best describes the texture when the voices sing for a second time "For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth"?

monophony