Hallelujah Chorus

E132018

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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hallelujah Chorus canonical 3
Hallelujah chorus 3
Amen chorus 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ
Revelation 11 ⓘ
linked to: Book of Revelation

Revelation 19 ⓘ
linked to: Book of Revelation

Revelation 19:16 ⓘ
Revelation 19:6 ⓘ
catalogueNumber HWV 56 (within Messiah) ⓘ
linked to: Handel 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 Christ’s triumph and reign ⓘ
linked to: Kingship of Jesus
tempoIndication Allegro ⓘ
textCompiler Charles Jennens ⓘ
textSource King James Bible ⓘ
linked to: King James Version
texture homophonic and polyphonic ⓘ
timeSignature 4/4 ⓘ
typicalDuration about 4 minutes ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

George Frideric Handel → notableMovement → Hallelujah Chorus ⓘ
Messiah → famousMovement → Hallelujah chorus ⓘ
subject linked to: Handel Messiah
linked to: Hallelujah Chorus
Messiah → movement → Amen chorus ⓘ
subject linked to: Handel Messiah
linked to: Hallelujah Chorus
Messiah → hasKeyMovement → Hallelujah chorus ⓘ
subject linked to: Handel Messiah
linked to: Hallelujah Chorus
Messiah → notableMovement → Hallelujah chorus ⓘ
subject linked to: HWV 56
linked to: Hallelujah Chorus