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In 1700, Pope Clement IX banned the latest wave of explicit and violent opera in Rome for five whole years. But not even his own members of the Roman Curia wanted to forego the dramatic musical pleasures, so they gave established opera composers such as Alessandro Scarlatti and Antonio Caldara theatrical spiritual texts to set to music. These new works were performed in the oratories, the prayer rooms of monasteries, without any staging or set. This is how a genre got its name, the oratorio, and it was in essence, musically identical to opera.
One of the most famous arias by Georg Frideric Handel, his Lascia ch’io pianga which is well known from his hugely popular opera Rinaldo, originally comes from his first oratorio “Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno”.
The genre became just as successful as opera, and as opera moved into the 20th & 21st centuries with modern rock operas like Tommy by The Who, the oratorio has also evolved, with works such as “Luther” by Dieter Falk.
Weihnachtsoratorium
Erstdruck
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; 2 horns ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 630747
Kirchenoratorium
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 235841
in Nativitate Domini in nocte
Piano reduction
Item no.: 444945
Weihnachtsmusical
for: Children's choir, instruments
Play-along CD 1
Item no.: 1632567
The Christmas Oratorio by Saint-Saëns in a fascinating recording.
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Audio-CD
Item no.: 603892
Krippenspiel
for: Soloists, children's choir, piano [band]
Choir score
Item no.: 672929
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 618367
CD
Item no.: 238194
Schütz-Gesamteinspielung, Band 10
Audio-CD
Item no.: 677172
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 606570
Edition Schott
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (STB) und Streichorchester; Flöte und Cembalo ad libitum
Partitur (= Klavierauszug)
Item no.: 746698
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 343411
for: SOLI (ST) gemischter Chor ORCH
Score
Item no.: 310592
Ein deutsches Weihnachtsliederspiel nach oberbayerischen und tiroler Weisen
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) (Frauenchor, Kinderchor) mit Soli (SSATBarB) und kleines Orchester
Score
Item no.: 759351
from "Messiah" for String Quartet
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 682535
for: Soprano Tonic Sol-fa
Book
Item no.: 893042
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 189351
for: Soli SATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (3), Trompeten (3), Pauke, Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass
Score
Item no.: 1337350
Oratorium In Festum Nativitatis Christi (GraunWV Bv:IX:18)
Aufführungsmaterial leihweise direkt beim ortus Verlag
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 135810
for: Tenor solo, Sprecher, Gemischter Chor: SSATB
Choir score
Item no.: 115416
for: 3 alphorns, narrator
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1549954
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 175174
for: Brass Quartet or Quintet
Buch
Item no.: 1153869
for: SSAA , Keyboard [Organ or Piano]
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1037687
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 681738
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG GEISTLICH EINZELN
Score
Item no.: 457456
for: Soloists, mixed choir, big band
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1670933
(Weihnachtsoratorium)
for: 3 trumpets, timpani, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 277438
for: Gemischter Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 342102
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 176000
Oratorio de Noël (Ausgabe nach dem Erstdruck von 1869)
Fassung mit deutschem Text
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 136748
for: Brass ensemble (10 parts), organ, timpani, percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1037863
As Dew in Aprille
for: Children's Choir [Female Choir] [SSS] and Harp [Piano]
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 498356
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671713
Oratorio
on passages from the Holy Bible and the Catholic liturgy
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 488833
Oratorium nach Worten der heiligen Schrift
Piano reduction
Item no.: 141182
for: Piano
Item no.: 603403
for: Narrator, mixed choir, instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 457054
Ein deutsches Weihnachtsliederspiel nach oberbayerischen und tiroler Weisen
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) (Frauenchor, Kinderchor) mit Soli (SSATBarB) und kleines Orchester
Set of parts
Item no.: 760625
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Lyric book
Item no.: 160602
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG GEISTLICH EINZELN
Score
Item no.: 119316
for: Soli (AT), Frauenchor (SSA), 3 Blockflöten (SAA), (/) 3 Violinen, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 230546
Score
Item no.: 617790
for: Soli (STBarB)), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Flöten, 2 Englisch-Horn, 2 Klarinetten, 2 Fagotte, 2 Hörner, 4 Trompeten, 3 Posaunen, Pauken, Harfe, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass, Orgel)
Score
Item no.: 342334
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 116177
for: Tenor Voice a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 876831
for: SATB with SSATBar Soli [Orch.]
Book
Item no.: 937796
Weihnachtsoratorium
Neuausgabe nach den Quellen (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Harp
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 482973
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