And the glory of the Lord

E592760

chorus musical work

"And the glory of the Lord" is a jubilant chorus from the first part of Handel’s oratorio *Messiah*, celebrating the revelation of God’s glory.

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Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chorus ⓘ musical work ⓘ
accompaniment	orchestra ⓘ
associatedLiturgicalSeason	Advent NERFINISHED ⓘ Christmas NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Handel's Messiah Christmas performances ⓘ
catalogue	HWV 56 (as part of Messiah) NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer	George Frideric Handel NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceCountry	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate	13 April 1742 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace	Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceWork	Messiah NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Thus saith the Lord of hosts ⓘ
genre	oratorio chorus ⓘ
key	A major ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
liturgicalUse	sacred ⓘ
mood	exultant ⓘ jubilant ⓘ
notableFeature	contrasting musical motives ⓘ fugal choral writing ⓘ homophonic and polyphonic textures ⓘ
originalTextVersion	King James Version NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Messiah NERFINISHED ⓘ
period	Baroque ⓘ
placeInNarrative	prophetic announcement of the coming of the Lord ⓘ
positionInSequence	No. 4 ⓘ
positionInWork	Part I ⓘ
precededBy	Ev'ry valley shall be exalted NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
subjectOf	choral performances worldwide ⓘ musicological analysis ⓘ
tempoIndication	Allegro ⓘ
textOpening	And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed ⓘ
textSource	King James Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ
textSourceBook	Isaiah NERFINISHED ⓘ
textSourceChapter	Isaiah 40 ⓘ
textSourceVerses	Isaiah 40:5 ⓘ
theme	divine salvation ⓘ revelation of God's glory ⓘ
timeSignature	3/4 ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext	church service ⓘ community sing-along Messiah ⓘ concert performance ⓘ
vocalForces	SATB choir ⓘ
workNumberInMessiah	4 ⓘ

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Handel Messiah → movement → And the glory of the Lord ⓘ

subject surface form: Messiah