Question

Here, Handel, like many other composers throughout the history of music, sets the word glory in a distinctive way to glorify the moment. He calls for _________.a. syllabic singing. b. glorious singing. c. melismatic singing.

Answer 1

c). Melismatic singing.

Step-by-step explanation:

Melismatic singing describes singing a music genre that is related to gospel music, opera, chanting of Torah etc. Handel, a music composer sets the tone of a music to glorify the moment. He employed melismatic singing to achieve his purpose. Different notes are sung to just one syllable of text. Melismatic singing is different from syllabic singing in the sense that syllabic singing involves one or two notes for each syllable of text.