- English Oratorio
Historical dictionary of sacred music. Joseph P. Swain. 2006.
English Oratorio
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oratorio — /awr euh tawr ee oh , tohr , or /, n., pl. oratorios. an extended musical composition with a text more or less dramatic in character and usually based upon a religious theme, for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, and performed without action,… … Universalium
Oratorio — An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias. However, opera is musical… … Wikipedia
Oratorio — A sacred drama set to music, whose appearance at the turn of the 17th century coincides with the invention of opera and whose aesthetics and conventions closely parallel that genre. At first heard in prayer halls of certain Roman churches… … Historical dictionary of sacred music
Oratorio de Birmingham — Cúpula de la iglesia del Oratorio. Tipo Oratorio Advocación Inmaculada Concepción … Wikipedia Español
oratorio — (n.) long musical composition, usually with a text based on Scripture, 1727 (in English from 1640s in native form oratory), from It. oratorio (late 16c.), from Church L. oratorium (see ORATORY (Cf. oratory) (n.2)), in reference to musical… … Etymology dictionary
English art song — The composition of art song in England and English speaking countries has a long history, beginning with lute song in the late 16th century and continuing today.English Art song in the 17th CenturyThe composition of polyphonic music was at its… … Wikipedia
Christmas Oratorio — This article is about the Christmas Oratorio by J.S. Bach. For Christmas Oratorios by other composers, see Christmas Oratorio (disambiguation). The Mystical Nativity (1501) by Sandro Botticelli The Christmas Oratorio (German: Weihnachts… … Wikipedia
Elijah (oratorio) — Elijah, in German: Elias, is an oratorio written by Felix Mendelssohn in 1846 for the Birmingham Festival. It depicts various events in the life of the Biblical prophet Elijah, taken from the books 1 Kings and 2 Kings in the Old Testament.… … Wikipedia
Easter Oratorio — The Easter Oratorio (in German: Oster Oratorium), BWV 249, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, Kommt, eilet und laufet (Come, hasten and run), first performed in Leipzig in 1725. Contents 1 History 2 Structure 3 Music … Wikipedia
St. Paul (oratorio) — Paulus (in English St. Paul) is the title of an oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. The libretto was written by Pastor Julius Schubring, a childhood friend, pulling together passages from the New Testament and Old Testament. The oratorio,… … Wikipedia
