Question

Hallelujah, how does this song use allusions to make its point?

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Answer 1

Something close to the “and he shall reign” motive bubbles up out of the motivic development of the final movement of Brahms’ Second symphony. Interestingly, the symphony is in D major, the same triumphant key as Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus. We first hear a hint of the motive at the beginning of the movement. Later, it turns into a stormy minor which ends in a haunting passage which briefly stops the movement in its tracks.

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Answer 2

Leonard Cohen explained: "Hallelujah is a Hebrew word which means 'Glory to the Lord. ' The song explains that many kinds of Hallelujahs do exist. I say: All the perfect and broken Hallelujahs have an equal value.