A completing touch lies in the answering phrase of the chorale, where the answer of original motto is transformed into a masterful ring of cheer and confidence.
Again, a chorale provides the musical foundation.
In the chorale all of the voices moved together.
Later the chorale is sounded by the full band, with intermediate beats of rhythmic march.
The overture leads into the first piece of song, the chorale that forms a vital part of the musical texture as the opera proceeds.
Examplesofchorale
chorale
Here begins the 'acousticchorale', a sequence of six- or seven-pitch chords imbued with intervallic allusions to the acoustic overtone series.
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Anotherchoraleemerges low in the strings and swells into a gloriously rich passage of immediate emotional appeal.
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The mysteriouschoralefiguration frames the slow movement, another closely-wrought threnody of enriched polymodal fabric.
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The work of the remainder of thechoraleis to achieve harmonic stability and long-range closure by reinstating the functional bass.
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The theme was to be found in a brasschoraleinterspersed with beautiful woodwind colouration.
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Towards the end of the work, the steadychoralewriting wins through, with the violin adding a descant to the brass chords.
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For example, its slow,chorale-like introduction, played by the organ, suggests an atmosphere of spiritual contemplation.
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It is easy enough to think of the chord sequence aschorale-like, but this is no conventionalchorale.
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From this he went to chorales; first he added the basses to them himself, and they had to invent the alto and tenor.
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Pelayo agrees, and banda and chorus join in the organchorale.
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After gathering in pace for 23 variations the energy was suddenly released, leaving a very highchoraleand the feeling, not of ending, but of anticipation.
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Two other layers remain to be commented upon: the sequence of solos, and the 'chorale' harmonies.
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Immediately after the opening the string surgings, now joined by woodwind, are statically contrasted with a serious, almostchorale-like series of passages in the lower strings.
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It is a small output: two sonatas, a rondo, a set of variations and several smaller pieces, together with a set of fivechoralepreludes for organ.
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When we speak of an opera company, we are not discussing just individual singers and thechorale.
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