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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.
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 147575
Krippenspiel für Soli, Kinderchor und Klavier
Chorstimme mit Texten
for: Children's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 655292
Audio-CD
Item no.: 158512
Eine tierisch-afrikanische Weihnachtsgeschichte mit Musik
for: Soli, div. Sprecher, Kinderchor (4stimmig), 2 Saxophone (SA), Keyboard, Klavier, Bass-Gitarre, Congas/Perc
CD
Item no.: 425025
KV 49
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 1556909
1- bis 4-stimmige Arrangements für Singstimme(n)
Item no.: 421854
Eine Troll- und Menschengeschichte
Book
Item no.: 140523
Die Weihnachtsgeschichte mit Songs, Spirituals und Sprechtexten nach dem Lukas-Evangelium
Basisausgabe für Männerchor
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB), narrator; guitar [keyboard] ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 191566
for: 2 flutes, piano [organ]
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 313650
nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift
für Soli, Chor und Orgel
Als Einzelorgelauszug nur mit Antikopierstempel!
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]; orchestra ad lib.
Organ score
Item no.: 345358
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [harmonium]
Choir score
Item no.: 123872
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Kinderchor, Soli (SSAATB), 6 Sprecher und Instrumente
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352090
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Lyric book
Item no.: 153323
Lyric book
Item no.: 199297
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 189336
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 160198
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 1677134
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 423059
for: Solo (B), gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Violinen, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 361390
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 229786
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 635702
for: Soloist (boy), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 578525
for: Soloist (soprano), children's choir (1 voice), mixed choir (SATB), strings
Score
Item no.: 279122
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 663947
Weihnachtsoratorium
Neuausgabe nach den Quellen (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: SOLI GCH HA STR ORG
Score
Item no.: 467961
for: Soprano, Tenor, Bass Voice, SATB, Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 145074
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 330416
Christmas Oratorio
after the first edition of 1869
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Study score
Item no.: 164116
Jauchzet, ihr Himmel! Erfreue dich, Erde!
Michaelsteiner Musik-Archiv 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 606244
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 623165
Oratorium
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103113
for: Soloists, children's choir (one voice), piano
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 377033
for: 3 soloists (SSA), women's choir (SSA) [children's choir], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 184997
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 116209
for: Gemischter Chor: SSATTB
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 163823
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 114738
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 189238
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663805
Oratorium
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964710
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 298436
Kommentierung des Textes aus theologischer Sicht von Paul-Gerhard Nohl
Book
Item no.: 476872
for: KCH 2 FL KLAV
Partitur
Item no.: 618904
für Soli, Kinderchor und Instrumente
Partitur und Stimmen
for: BÜHNENWERKE + SZENISCHE WERKE KINDERKANTATEN
Score, Parts
Item no.: 245261
Weihnachtsgedichte
Book
Item no.: 657667
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 371538
für Soli, Chor und Orchester
Chorpartitur
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 184758
Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte nach Lukas unter Verwendung bekannter und weniger bekannter Weihnachtslieder
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 311315
Historia der freuden- und gnadenreichen Geburt Gottes und Mariens Sohnes, Jesu Christi
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 392174