f oratorio, Handel's origins, and a basic description of Handel's best-known work, The Messiah. The oratorio is derived from the opera form as a means of perpetuating a form of narrative music throughout Lent, when the performance of opera is generally prohibited. An oratorio is a biblical drama without costumes or staging. It uses the same operatic themes such as the recitative and the aria, sometimes exploring a broader use of the chorus. Handel became a competent oratorio composer in part due to his early successes in opera composition. To elaborate on the histological influences on Handel, it is necessary to note his career and educational background. Born in Halle, Germany, in 1685, Handel began his musical career as an organist, studying under Friedrich Zachow, one of the most renowned organists of his day. In 1702 he began attending the University of Halle while serving as organist at the Calvinist Domkirche. After only a year, he had enough and decided to go to Hamburg to study opera. To support this enterprise, in Hamburg he played in orchestras as harpsichord...... middle of paper ......se of Esther's Father and Haman's Punishment. Haman recants in his next aria the extent of his fall and again uses the same sad music to demonstrate his sadness. This tune uses a descending outline as a word painting to show this fall of power. The oratorio Esther uses a combination of musical techniques to describe the action taking place in this highly dramatic plot. The use of outline, melisma, instrumental accompaniment, and sequence creates a kind of word painting that accentuates both the emotional qualities of the songs and what they are actually saying. The importance of these musical features demonstrates the implementation of Handel's techniques to emphasize important parts of a work and create commonalities. Without obtaining the fame of the Messiah, these attributes link this work to the compositional finesse of a work by Handel..

Essay / f oratorio, Handel's origins, and a basic description of Handel's best-known work, The Messiah. The oratorio is derived from the opera form as a means of perpetuating a form of narrative music throughout Lent, when the performance of opera is generally prohibited. An oratorio is a biblical drama without costumes or staging. It uses the same operatic themes such as the recitative and the aria, sometimes exploring a broader use of the chorus. Handel became a competent oratorio composer in part due to his early successes in opera composition. To elaborate on the histological influences on Handel, it is necessary to note his career and educational background. Born in Halle, Germany, in 1685, Handel began his musical career as an organist, studying under Friedrich Zachow, one of the most renowned organists of his day. In 1702 he began attending the University of Halle while serving as organist at the Calvinist Domkirche. After only a year, he had enough and decided to go to Hamburg to study opera. To support this enterprise, in Hamburg he played in orchestras as harpsichord...... middle of paper ......se of Esther's Father and Haman's Punishment. Haman recants in his next aria the extent of his fall and again uses the same sad music to demonstrate his sadness. This tune uses a descending outline as a word painting to show this fall of power. The oratorio Esther uses a combination of musical techniques to describe the action taking place in this highly dramatic plot. The use of outline, melisma, instrumental accompaniment, and sequence creates a kind of word painting that accentuates both the emotional qualities of the songs and what they are actually saying. The importance of these musical features demonstrates the implementation of Handel's techniques to emphasize important parts of a work and create commonalities. Without obtaining the fame of the Messiah, these attributes link this work to the compositional finesse of a work by Handel..

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