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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: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 1660026
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 654931
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 604746
For God so loved this sinful world
from: Geistliche Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231819
for: Brass ensemble (10 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 622829
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 363181
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339542
for: SATB and Keyboard
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 904407
for: TTBB Keyboard [Organ or Piano]
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1037399
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 604201
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 339933
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 433020
for: Schlagwerk, Stabspiele, Melodieinstrument, Selbstbauinstrumente
Ensemble score
Item no.: 118090
Gothic print
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for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 114770
for: Women's choir (SSA), harp [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 688971
for: ST VOEGEL
ST VOEGEL
Item no.: 134951
Christmas Oratorio
after the first edition of 1869
Piano score XL in large, reader-friendly print
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Piano reduction (XL format)
Item no.: 663110
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 162090
for: Favorit choir (SSB), chapell choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 138732
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Kinderchor, mit Soli ad libitum, Sprecher, Gemeindegesang, Orgel oder Blas- und Streichinstrumente sowie Instrumentalkreis (Stabspiele, Schlagwerk)
Score
Item no.: 352815
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) (Frauenchor, Kinderchor) mit Soli (SSATBarB) und kleines Orchester
Score
Item no.: 288451
Bilderbuch gebunden
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 660412
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
Krippenspiel
for: Soloists, children's choir, piano [band]
Choir score
Item no.: 672929
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 618367
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
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: 3 alphorns, narrator
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1549954
for: Brass Quartet or Quintet
Buch
Item no.: 1153869
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Score
Item no.: 748347
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG GEISTLICH EINZELN
Score
Item no.: 457456
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 175174
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
Ein deutsches Weihnachtsliederspiel nach oberbayerischen und tiroler Weisen
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) (Frauenchor, Kinderchor) mit Soli (SSATBarB) und kleines Orchester
Score
Item no.: 759351
Edition Schott
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (STB) und Streichorchester; Flöte und Cembalo ad libitum
Partitur (= Klavierauszug)
Item no.: 746698
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
for: SSAA , Keyboard [Organ or Piano]
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1037687
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 189351
CD
Item no.: 238194
for: Tenor solo, Sprecher, Gemischter Chor: SSATB
Choir score
Item no.: 115416
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 681738
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: SOLI (ST) gemischter Chor ORCH
Score
Item no.: 310592