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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.
op. 54
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (STB) und Streichorchester; Flöte und Cembalo ad libitum
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 730086
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Trombone 2
Item no.: 343414
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Oboe 1
Item no.: 343409
“Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit“
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230450
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237601
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 748356
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 748355
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 343418
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 343416
for: Solo (B), gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Violinen, Basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424571
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237604
Weihnachtsoratorium
Erstdruck
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; 2 horns ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 630471
for: Solo (B), gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Violinen, Basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424570
“Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit“
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230451
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Viola
Item no.: 343419
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Oboe 2
Item no.: 343410
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Trombone 2
Item no.: 734521
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Trumpet 1
Item no.: 748351
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Oboe 2
Item no.: 748350
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for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (STB) und Streichorchester; Flöte und Cembalo ad libitum
Single part Flute
Item no.: 737682
BWV 248 III (BWV3 248.3)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1551901
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237602
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
KV 49 (47d)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236788
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for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (STB) und Streichorchester; Flöte und Cembalo ad libitum
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 737823
op. 54
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (STB) und Streichorchester; Flöte und Cembalo ad libitum
Single part Cello
Item no.: 730081
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 343417
“Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit“
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230452
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 362094
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for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Soli (STB) und Streichorchester; Flöte und Cembalo ad libitum
Single part Viola
Item no.: 744557
Orff-Schulwerk
for: Kinderchor (SMezA) mit Soli, Sprecher und Instrumenten
Single part for mallets
Item no.: 729212
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Oboe 1
Item no.: 748349
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Trombone 3
Item no.: 343415
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 343420
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 343413
for: Solo (B), gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Violinen, Basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424572
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 748358
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 748354
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 748352
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Trombone 3
Item no.: 748353
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 362093
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Single part Viola
Item no.: 748357
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Alto
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
2 Playback-CDs (choir part alto)
Item no.: 313037
Leinenausgabe der Partitur
Urtext Stuttgarter Händel-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 486492
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Bass
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 665313
for: Alt
Item no.: 607497
for: Mixed choir a cappella
CD
Item no.: 364048
for: Mixed choir a cappella
CD
Item no.: 364451
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
2 Playback-CDs (choir part bass)
Item no.: 299186