2. Baroque Music George Freidrich Handel

3. Part I

4. Renaissance Music Baroque Music

5. Renaissance Polyphony (Palestrina) too sophisticated; can’t understand all those voices!!! They even sing in Latin!*?#!

6. Protestant Church (the Reformation) Catholic Church

7. Protestant Church (the Reformation) Catholic Church Simplify musical expression

8. Part II

9. Opera

10. Opera Musical and theatrical performance. The lines (dialogue) sung, not spoken

11. Recitative

12. Baroque composers looked back to Greek theatre

13. Text sung with musical accompaniment

14. Result was a recitative: single vocal line with simple instrumental accompaniment Within the Messiah, the recitative acts as an informational segue to the narrative

15. Much easier to understand music (vocal lines) Music gave emotional intensity to performance.

16. Oratorio

17. Oratorio: Music set to stories derived from Bible

18. Recitatives normally secular Oratorios normally sacred

19. Part III

20. George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

21. Child Prodigy

22. By the age of seven he was a skillful performer on the harpsichord and organ, and at nine he began to compose music.

23. Father wanted him to study LAW, but he died and Handel turned to…

24. Music

25. He moved to Hamburg, accepting a position as violinist and harpsichordist in the orchestra of the opera-house.

26. In 1710 Handel became Kappellmeister (Choir Master) to George, Elector of Hanover, who would soon be King George I of Great Britian.

27. He visited London in 1710 and settled there permanently in 1712, receiving a yearly income of £200 from Queen Anne.

28. In 1723, Handel moved into a newly built house in Brook Street, London, where he rented until his death 36 years later.

29. Handel lived at 25 Brook Street, London, now commemorated by a blue plaque on the outside of the building. It was here that he composed Messiah Next door at 23 Brook Street is another blue plaque for a more modern musician……….

30. Handel lived at 25 Brook Street, London, now commemorated by a blue plaque on the outside of the building. It was here that he composed Messiah Next door at 23 Brook Street is another blue plaque for a more modern musician, Jimi Hendrix.

31. If you don’t believe it, look at this photo of Mr. Holdren outside the apartments on Brooke Street in London in March 2011.

33. Part IV

34. Handel’s Messiah

35. Handel’s Messiah sacred Oratorio

36. Composed in 24 days

37. Thematic Outline for Messiah

38. 1. Messianic prophecy: the coming of Christ

39. Thematic Outline for Messiah 1. Messianic prophecy: the coming of Christ 2. Suffering and death of Christ. The defeat of humanity and the spread of God’s doctrine

40. Thematic Outline for Messiah 1. Messianic prophecy: the coming of Christ 2. Suffering and death of Christ. The defeat of humanity and the spread of God’s doctrine. 3. Redemption of Humanity through Christ; overthrow of death; and a hymn of thanksgiving. This is the same theme as the Sistine Ceiling!!!!

41. O=Orchestra; R=Recitative; A=Aria, C=Chorus

42. Aria= a solo piece; emphasizing great emotion; noted for high pitches—a soaring sound—particular to Italian operas. Love is an often used subject for arias

43. CHORUS: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed. And all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken. (Isaiah 40:5)

44. Recitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel, “God with us”. (Isaiah 7:14/Matthew 1:23)

45. Aria (air): I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh I see God. (Job 19:25-26)

46. Chorus: Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth, Hallelujah! The Kingdom of this world is become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever, Hallelujah! King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and he shall reign for ever and ever, Hallelujah! (Revelation 19:6, 11:15, 19:16)