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Handel's first biographer, John Mainwaring, wrote in 1760 that this conclusion revealed the composer "rising still higher" than in "that vast effort of genius, the Hallelujah chorus". [129] Young writes that the "Amen" should, in the manner of Palestrina, "be delivered as though through the aisles and ambulatories of some great church". [132]
"Hallelujah!" is a 1992 song from Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration, a Grammy award winning Reprise Records concept album. The song is a soulful re-interpretation of the "Hallelujah" chorus from Messiah, George Frideric Handel's well-known oratorio from 1741.
Two trumpets and timpani highlight selected movements, such as the closing movements of Part II, Hallelujah. Handel uses a cantus firmus on long repeated notes especially to illustrate God's speech and majesty, such as "King of Kings" in the Hallelujah chorus. [6]
In Handel’s great chorus, the word is joyous, victorious, accompanied by trumpets and drums. In Sergei Rachmaninoff’s "All Night Vigil," however, hallelujah reflects a more quiet devotion.
Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration is a gospel album by various artists, released in 1992 on Warner Alliance.Executive produced by Norman Miller, Gail Hamilton and Mervyn Warren, it is a reinterpretation of the 1741 oratorio Messiah by George Frideric Handel, and has been widely praised for its use of multiple genres of African-American music, including spirituals, blues, ragtime, big ...
Chorus Misattributed to Handel; by A. Lotti ("Missa Sapientiae"), but copied by Handel c. 1749. 245 Cantata Gloria in excelsis deo Chorus Misattributed to Handel; by A. Lotti ("Missa Sapientiae"), but copied by Handel c. 1749. 269 Amen...alleluja Soprano, Bass D minor 1735-46 Probably intended as a vocal study. 270 Amen Soprano, Bass F major ...
Handel used four voice parts, soprano (S), alto (A), tenor (T) and bass (B) in the solo and choral movements. Only once is the chorus divided in an upper chorus and a lower chorus, it is SATB otherwise. Handel uses both polyphon and homophon settings to illustrate the text.
The following is a list of the 65 music videos of the Schoolhouse Rock! series. Series overview Season Title Episodes Originally released First released Last released Network 1 Multiplication Rock 11 January 6, 1973 (1973-01-06) March 31, 1973 (1973-03-31) ABC 2 Grammar Rock 9 September 15, 1973 (1973-09-15) September 11, 1993 (1993-09-11) 3 America Rock 12 September 20, 1975 (1975-09-20 ...