Hallelujah (English spelling) Hebrew

Japanese: ハレルヤ - はれるや(英語表記)hallelujah ヘブライ語
Hallelujah (English spelling) Hebrew

A kind of cheer meaning "Praise the Lord" in Hebrew. Originally used as a part of Jewish worship music, it seems to have been introduced into Christian churches as early as the 4th century. In the Roman Catholic liturgy, it was Latinized and pronounced Alleluia, and was sung before the reading of the Gospels. The Alleluia chant incorporates verses from the Bible and is sung by the cantor and choir in a response style. It also ends with an ornamental section (ubirus) in which the final vowel a is prolonged. This freer musical element of the Alleluia chant played an important role in the subsequent development of Western music. The words of the Hallelujah have been used in modern artistic works, the most well-known of which is the "Hallelujah Chorus" in Handel's oratorio Messiah (1741).

[Jiro Isobe]

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Japanese:

ヘブライ語で「主をほめたたえよ」を意味する一種の歓呼。元来ユダヤ教の礼拝音楽の一つとして用いられていたが、4世紀にはすでにキリスト教教会に導入されていたようである。ローマ・カトリック教会の典礼ではラテン語化されてアレルヤと発音され、福音書(ふくいんしょ)の朗読に先だって歌われた。このアレルヤ唱には聖書の詩句が組み込まれ、先唱者と聖歌隊によって応答風に歌われた。またその結尾には、最後の母音であるaの音が長く引き伸ばされた装飾的な部分(ユビルス)がつけられた。アレルヤ唱の、このより自由な音楽的要素は、西洋音楽のその後の発展にとって重要な役割を果たした。ハレルヤの歌詞は、近代の芸術作品のなかでも用いられているが、なかでもヘンデルの作曲したオラトリオ『救世主(メサイア)』(1741)中の「ハレルヤ・コーラス」はもっともよく知られている。

[磯部二郎]

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