Hallelujah Chorus

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The "Hallelujah Chorus" is the famous, jubilant choral climax from Handel’s oratorio *Messiah*, renowned for its powerful “Hallelujah” refrain and tradition of audiences standing during performances.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hallelujah chorus 2
Amen chorus 1
Hallelujah Chorus canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf choral movement
chorus
sacred music
associatedLegend King George II stood during a London performance
associatedSeason Christmas
Easter
biblicalSource Book of Revelation
Book of Revelation
surface form: Revelation 11

Book of Revelation
surface form: Revelation 19

Revelation 19:16
Revelation 19:6
catalogueNumber Handel Messiah
surface form: HWV 56 (within Messiah)
commonlyPerformedBy amateur community choirs
church choirs
professional choirs
composer George Frideric Handel
countryOfOrigin Great Britain
culturalStatus one of the most famous choral works in Western music
firstPerformance 13 April 1742
firstPerformanceLocation Dublin
firstPerformanceWork Messiah premiere
genre oratorio chorus
influenced later choral and sacred music traditions
key D major
language English
liturgicalUse Christmas celebrations
Easter celebrations
musicalForm through-composed chorus
notableFeature contrasting choral textures
powerful repeated Hallelujah refrain
use of trumpets and timpani for majesty
openingWord Hallelujah
partOf Messiah
performanceTradition audience stands during performance
period Baroque
positionInWork end of Part II of Messiah
refrain Hallelujah
scoring SATB choir
orchestra
timpani
trumpets
subjectMatter Kingship of Jesus
surface form: Christ’s triumph and reign
tempoIndication Allegro
textCompiler Charles Jennens
textSource King James Version
surface form: King James Bible
texture homophonic and polyphonic
timeSignature 4/4
typicalDuration about 4 minutes

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Subject: Hallelujah Chorus
Description of subject: The "Hallelujah Chorus" is the famous, jubilant choral climax from Handel’s oratorio *Messiah*, renowned for its powerful “Hallelujah” refrain and tradition of audiences standing during performances.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Frideric Handel notableMovement Hallelujah Chorus
Handel Messiah famousMovement Hallelujah Chorus
subject surface form: Messiah
this entity surface form: Hallelujah chorus
Handel Messiah movement Hallelujah Chorus
subject surface form: Messiah
this entity surface form: Amen chorus
Handel Messiah hasKeyMovement Hallelujah Chorus
subject surface form: Messiah
this entity surface form: Hallelujah chorus