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===Plagal cadences=== The Hallelujah Chorus from [[Handel]]βs [[Messiah (Handel)|''Messiah'']] culminates powerfully with an iterated plagal cadence:[[File:Handel, Messiah, Hallelujah Chorus closing bars 01.wav|thumb|Handel, Messiah, Hallelujah Chorus closing bars.]][[File:Handel, Messiah, Hallelujah Chorus closing bars 02.png|thumb|center|500px|Handel, Messiah, Hallelujah Chorus closing bars.]][[Debussy]]βs [[Preludes (Debussy)|prelude]] βLa Fille aux Cheveux de Linβ contains a plagal cadence in its 2nd and 3rd bars :[[File:Debussy la Fille aux cheveux de lin, bars 1-4.wav|thumb|Debussy la Fille aux cheveux de lin, bars 1-4.]][[File:Debussy la Fille aux cheveux de lin, bars 1-4.png|thumb|center|500px|Debussy La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin, bars 1-4.]] One of the most famous endings in all music is found in the concluding bars of [[Wagner]]βs opera ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'', where the [[Tristan chord|dissonant chord]] in the opening phrase of the opera is finally resolved "three enormous acts and five hours later"<ref>Small, C. (1977, p. 15), Music-Society-Education. London, John Calder.</ref> in the form of a minor plagal cadence:[[File:Wagner, Tristan, Liebestod closing bars 01.wav|thumb|Wagner, Tristan, Liebestod closing bars.]][[File:Wagner, Tristan, Liebestod closing bars.png|thumb|center|500px|Wagner, Tristan, Liebestod closing bars.]]
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