... Shall Rejoice is an Italian influence on the piece. Italian opera was renown for being dramatic and Handel incorporates this device successfully into his music. The dotted quaver and semi quaver rhythmic motif that keeps appearing all the way through the five moments is an example of a French influence on Handel. An example of this is on the last beat of bar 22 in the first movement. This rhythm is commonly referred to as 'the French overture rhythm'. Hemiolas are another example of French, dance influences in The King Shall Rejoice. An example of a hemiola (where the music feels like it is in two four instead of three four, because the strong beat is every two beats instead of three beats) is in bars eighteen and nineteen of the second movement. Another influence in the piece is English. This comes in the form of Purcell, the baroque composer ...

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