BAROQUE ASSIGNMENT`

SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY – BATON ROUGE, LA.

SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS
PROFESSOR: DR. DORIS SPOONER HALL

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF

THE BAROQUE

1. Who is George Frederic Handel – Biography of the

man? Baroque composer George Frideric Handel was born in Halle,
Germany, in 1685. In 1705 he made his debut as an opera composer with
Almira. He produced several operas with the Royal Academy of Music in
England before forming the New Royal Academy of Music in
1727. ... Handel died in London, England, in 1759.

2. What is an Oratorio? An oratorio is a musical piece that is usually

lengthy and based on some Biblical or religious event. It is a performance for
voice and orchestra, but the story is told through the music, and not with
scenery, costumes, and action. ... Handel's Messiah is a well
known oratorio that is often performed at Christmas
3. Write three paragraphs about the oratorio “The
Messiah?” Messiah, oratorio by German-brought into the world English writer
George Frideric Handel, debuted in Dublin on April 13, 1742, at Easter as opposed to at
Christmastime, when it is prevalently played in the present day. A huge scale semidramatic
work for melody, soloists, and ensemble, it is the wellspring of the recognizable "Glory be
Chorus." Messiah is by a wide margin the most habitually performed everything being equal.
The stanzas utilized as content for Messiah were gathered by Handel's companion Charles
Jennens, an affluent supporter of expressions of the human experience. They were drawn
from three pieces of the Bible: Old Testament predictions of the Messiah's introduction to
the world; New Testament accounts of the introduction of Christ, his demise, and his revival;
and stanzas relating at last to Judgment Day, with the last tune content drawn from the Book
of Revelation.Messiah was a triumphant accomplishment at its Irish debut, maybe to some
degree in light of the fact that the author had been around the local area for the vast majority
of the winter offering a show arrangement that pulled in significant consideration regarding
his music. The work discovered less support in London until 1748, when a to some degree
less preservationist priest of London was designated. Stories of the day propose that it
turned into a specific most loved of King George II, who had been Handel's benefactor in
Hannover before getting to be lord of England.The oratorio's "Glory be Chorus" happens at
the end of section two. Its instrumental help is surprisingly strong for the Baroque time. Be
that as it may, the melodic structure joins the favored systems of the day, as the choral parts
are at times mixed in homophonic congruity (with harmonies supporting a solitary song at
once) yet similarly as every now and again in polyphonic unpredictability (with synchronous
 and similarly significant tunes). Its last pages construct a fugue on the expression "And he
will rule."

4. Why do People Stand for the “Hallelujah Chorus”?

There is a well-known but apocryphal story of King George II attending a
royal performance of Messiah and supposedly rising to his feet during the
"Hallelujah Chorus." Whenever the king stood up, everyone in his presence
had to stand, hence the whole audience rose to their feet as well.

5. What is an:
a. Aria a long accompianed song for a solo voice, typically one in an
opera or oratorio.

b. Libretto  The text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical

theater.
c. Librettist  A person who writes the words that are used in an
opera or musical play.
d. Overture Usually the orchestral introduction to a musical work
(often dramatic), but also an independent instrumental work.
Early operas opened with a sung prologue or a short instrumental
flourish, such as the trumpet “Toccata” that opens Claudio
Monteverdi's Orfeo (1607).
e. Postlude A closing piece of music especially : an organ voluntary
at the end of a church service. 
f. Recitative  A style of delivery in which a singer is allowed to
adopt the rhythms and delivery of ordinary speech. Recitative
does not repeat lines as formally composed songs do. It resembles
sung ordinary speech more than a formal musical composition.

6. Who is Johann Sebastian Bach? Composer of the Baroque

era, the most celebrated member of a large family of north German musicians.