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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.
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Klavier, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 1337848
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 179130
for: TTBB Keyboard [Organ or Piano]
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 903358
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 141449
Postcard
Item no.: 602566
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 149572
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 1677745
for: ST MENSCHEN
ST MENSCHEN
Item no.: 134953
Book (Libretto with dialogs)
Item no.: 134950
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) (Frauenchor, Kinderchor) mit Soli (SSATBarB) und kleines Orchester
Set of parts
Item no.: 445805
for: Orgel, Basso continuo
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 869431
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317721
for: Descant recorder
Stimme
Item no.: 214580
for: Chor, Orchester
Score
Item no.: 115285
for: Children's choir, actors, instruments
Book
Item no.: 496599
for: Treble recorder
Stimme
Item no.: 214582
Piano reduction
Item no.: 241831
for: Frauenchor, gemischter Chor, 5 Vorsänger, Gemeinde, Orgel (oder: Sopran, vier- bis fünfstimmiger Chor)
Score
Item no.: 230843
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 463617
Festive Christmas music from the Dresden Frauenkirche
Audio-CD
Item no.: 490664
for: Soloists, children's choir, piano [band]
Piano score
Item no.: 406426
for: Children's choir, performer
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 443967
aus dem Weihnachtsoratorium, Teil 1, BWV 248,8
Trompetenstimme in B und C
Voce con Tromba 8a
for: Voice (bass), trumpet, organ
Organ score, Parts
Item no.: 276924
Audio-CD
Item no.: 174860
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 147575
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
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: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 189336
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 1677134
for: Soloist (boy), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 578525
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 663947
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
Oratorium
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103113
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 189238
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 793500
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 330416
for: Soprano, Tenor, Bass Voice, SATB, Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 145074
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 623165
for: 2 flutes, piano [organ]
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 313650
for: Soloists, children's choir (one voice), piano
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 377033
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663805
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 114738
Weihnachtsoratorium
Neuausgabe nach den Quellen (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: SOLI GCH HA STR ORG
Score
Item no.: 467961
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 116209
for: Gemischter Chor: SSATTB
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 163823
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Kinderchor, Soli (SSAATB), 6 Sprecher und Instrumente
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352090
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