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Although the word timpani has been widely adopted in the English language, some English speakers choose to use the word kettledrums. [6] The German word for timpani is Pauken; the Swedish word is pukor in plural (from the word puka), the French and Spanish is timbales, not to be confused with the latin percussion instrument, which would ...
The orchestra plays a decisive role in structure and tone painting. [1] The oratorio has five solo roles, in Part I and II the three archangels Gabriel , Uriel and Raphael , in Part III Adam (bass) and Eve (soprano). The final movement needs an additional alto soloist. The chorus is in four parts, SATB. [1]
When a musical key or key signature is referred to in a language other than English, that language may use the usual notation used in English (namely the letters A to G, along with translations of the words sharp, flat, major and minor in that language): languages which use the English system include Irish, Welsh, Hindi, Japanese (based on katakana in iroha order), Korean (based on hangul in ...
The Italian word for "echo"; an effect in which a group of notes is repeated, usually more softly, and perhaps at a different octave, to create an echo effect égal (Fr.) Equal eilend (Ger.) Hurrying ein wenig (Ger.) A little einfach (Ger.) Simple emporté (Fr.) Fiery, impetuous en animant (Fr.) Becoming very lively en cédant (Fr.) Yielding en ...
Musicologist Julian Mincham notes that "the sweeping exhilaration of this movement is impossible to describe in words". [13] Bach reused the movement as the opening movement of his Christmas Oratorio, "Jauchzet, frohlocket" (Shout for joy, exult). [12] The voices imitate the sound of timpani and trumpets even with the new text. [5]
The meanings of these words do not always correspond to Germanic cognates, and occasionally the specific meaning in the list is unique to English. Those Germanic words listed below with a Frankish source mostly came into English through Anglo-Norman, and so despite ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic, came to English through a Romance ...
The Sparrow Mass (German: Spatzenmesse) is a mass in C major K. 220/196b, Mass No. 9, [1] Missa brevis No. 5, [2] composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1775 or 1776 in Salzburg. . The mass is sometimes termed a missa brevis et solemnis, because it is short in a simple structure as a missa brevis, but festively scored like a missa solemnis with brass and timpani in addition to four soloists ...
The tenor soloist narrates from Martin Luther's translation of the Bible in recitative as the Evangelist (Luke 2:1, 3–7). [2] The choir sings two chorales, a four-part setting of Paul Gerhardt's " Wie soll ich dich empfangen " and a setting for choir and independent orchestra of the 13th stanza from Martin Luther's " Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ...