Handel Set Work revision

What is the name of the set work by Handel?

The work features strings, woodwind, continuo and __ __ __ __ chorus

The movement is in the key of

• D major

• C major

• G major

• e minor

Listen to the excerpt. Which voice part enters first?

What is the correct term used to describe the singing on the word 'born' ?

Describe 4 features of this opening melody.

Which word best describes the texture in this excerpt?

• Homophonic

• Monophonic

• Antiphonal

• Polyphonic

Select 4 correct features of Baroque music

• Use of Basso Continuo

• Long, lyrical phrases

• Ornamentation at cadence points

• Predominance of strings

• Polyphonic texture

Which word best describes the texture in this extract?

Choose the sentence which best describes this extract.

• The melody is a dotted rising sequence, presented by the Sopranos, followed by the altos in 6ths and then joined by Tenors and Basses in 3rds. The texture begins imitatively but becomes homophonic.

• The melody is a dotted rising sequence, beginning in the altos, followed by the tenors and basses. It is homophonic throughout.

• The melody is a rising a falling sequence, it begins in the sopranos and is joined by the altos in 3rds, followed by the Basses and Tenors in 6ths. It opens imitatively and becomes homophonic.

• The melody is heard in the sopranos and is made up of a dotted, scalic idea. It is imitated in the altos and then in the tenors and basses in turn.