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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: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 681478
Christmas Oratorio
after the first edition of 1869
Complete orchestral parts
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 649420
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Klavierauszug vokal, Urtextausgabe, Digitalartikel (AODP)
Item no.: 1640415
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 423795
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 179907
Weihnachtsoratorium (komplett, Urtextausgabe) (complete, Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 187752
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 352212
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (STB) und Streichorchester; Flöte und Cembalo ad libitum
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 247530
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 283795
aus dem Weihnachts-Oratorium III. Teil
for: 3 trumpets, organ, timpani
Score, Parts
Item no.: 778035
Oratorium in 3 Teilen
Kombinationsangebot: Partitur + Playback-CD
for: Soloists, mixed choir, big band
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1024572
Weihnachtsoratorium (Erstdruck)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; 2 horns ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 657000
Book
Item no.: 585096
für Corno da caccia und Orgel
aus dem Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248
Collection Ebehard Klotz
for: Trumpet, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 1351745
From Christmas Oratorio
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317410
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 392287
Choralpartita aus der "Weihnachtsgeschichte" op. 10
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 114767
Die Bibel Unserer Kinder~Anne De Vries
Audio-CD
Item no.: 303783
Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte nach alten Liedern aus den "Piae Cantiones", 1582
for: Narrator, mixed choir, instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 371725
aus dem Weihnachtsoratorium
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 419212
Kirchenoratorium
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1656274
eingesungen von der Gaechinger Cantorey unter Leitung von Hans-Christoph Rademann
2 CDs (without sheet music)
Item no.: 673084
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1664390
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 174861
for: 3 Trompeten und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 627946
Lyric book
Item no.: 1681411
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 317885
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317408
for: Kinderchor (1-4stimmig), 2 Sprecher, Orchester (Perkussion, 3 Xyl, Metal, Glockenspiel, 3 Blockflöten, Akkordeon (Orgel), Kontrabass, Gitarre)
Score
Item no.: 231249
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 148354
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 621397
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (2 parts), 3 mallets (SAB) [organ]
Score
Item no.: 362710
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1659605
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1629809
for: Narrator, mixed choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 214874
for: Soloists, mixed choir, big band
Piano reduction
Item no.: 579435
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 115685
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995063
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 635715
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237598
for: SSA , Keyboard [Organ or Piano]
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1041773
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196662
Ein Weihnachtsspiel
Piano reduction
Item no.: 726664
Opera-extravaganza in 2 acts
Piano reduction
Item no.: 759472
Ein deutsches Weihnachtsliederspiel nach oberbayerischen und tiroler Weisen
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) (Frauenchor, Kinderchor) mit Soli (SSATBarB) und kleines Orchester
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 751563
for: MUSIKBÜCHER GESAMTAUSGABEN
Item no.: 656785
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1009538
for: Voice (high), basso continuo; organ ad lib.
Sheet music
Item no.: 2753