In George Frederic Handel's Hallelujah Chorus, the music grows from simple to complex, as in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Dies Irae. Hallelujah, like many other masses, praises God's almightiness, and lets the audience feel the power of God. The piece starts off it a modest "hallelujah" sung in unison, where the music seems quite free. When the piece begins to praise God, the music enters a firmer, more commanding tone, as the choir sings, "for the …
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…next line they describe the judge, God, arriving, the voices are higher, more forte, and have a definite tone of intimidation in them. In the last verse, as God "weighs everything strictly," the Latin, "cuncta stricte discussurus," sounds structured and strict, as it mirrors the action being carried out. Mozart composes this amazing work only using these verses, but it is hardly a piece limited in any way. It is complete on almost all levels.