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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.
Oratorium
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499004
based on "The Creation" by Joseph Haydn
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 691972
Oratorio
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1209973
Urtext Stuttgart Handel Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2, 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 779144
Oratorium für Gründonnerstag und Karfreitag
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235856
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116683
Hirtenmusik bearbeitet für Orgel von Sigfrid Karg-Elert
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 625164
editionchor
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 607833
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 764119
Deo Gracias
for: Children's Choir [Women's Choir] [SSS] and harp [Piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 498355
Oratorio fragment
Part I: The Birth of Christ; Part II: The Passion of Christ
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205752
Sacred Trilogy for Solo Voices, Chorus and Orchestra
Reprinted from Hector Berlioz Werke, Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, 1900–1907
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 105761
Cantatas I–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1215619
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 1677134
Oratorium
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103113
Oratorio de Noel pour choeur (satb) et piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 623165
Krippenspiel für Soli, Kinderchor und Klavier
Chorstimme mit Texten
for: Children's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 655292
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
Ein Weihnachtsspiel
Lyric book
Item no.: 199297
Geistliches Komödienspiel aus Bayern
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) mit Kinderchor, Soli (SSAATB), 6 Sprecher und Instrumente
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352090
Lieder aus der Kantate für Hausmusik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 114738
Das Oratorium zur Weihnacht mit Folksongs, Spirituals und Rezitativen nach dem Lukas-Evangelium
Erweiterte Oratoriums-Ausgabe
for: Soloist (boy), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 578525
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
Audio-CD
Item no.: 174860
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 147575
Weihnachtsoratorium
for: Gemischter Chor: SSATTB
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 163823
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 189336
Weihnachtsoratorium in zwei Teilen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 635702
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
for: 2 flutes, piano [organ]
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 313650
Oratorium für Sprecher, Soli, gem Chor und Orchester
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 663947
für Sprecher, Soli, Kinderchor und kleines Orchester – Textblatt schwäbisch
Für Kinder ab 8 Jahren geeignet.
Orff-Schulwerk
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Lyric book
Item no.: 153323
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
aus: Christus-Oratorium
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 423059
1- bis 4-stimmige Arrangements für Singstimme(n)
Item no.: 421854
Oratorio de Noël (Ausgabe nach dem Erstdruck von 1869)
Fassung mit deutschem Text
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 189238
Weihnachtskonzert H 421 (1698-1699)
Französische Kirchenmusik
for: 3 soloists (SSA), women's choir (SSA) [children's choir], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 184997
Christmas Oratorio
after the first edition of 1869
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Study score
Item no.: 164116
Böhmische Hirtenmesse
Frei gedichteter Messtext alternativ in deutscher oder tschechischer Sprache
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 160198
Weihnachtsoratorium
Neuausgabe nach den Quellen (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: SOLI GCH HA STR ORG
Score
Item no.: 467961
Eine Troll- und Menschengeschichte
Book
Item no.: 140523
Audio-CD
Item no.: 158512
New Novello Choral Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 330416
New Novello Choral Edition
for: Soprano, Tenor, Bass Voice, SATB, Orchestra
Score
Item no.: 145074
aus "Die Weihnachtsgeschichte" (1959)
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 116209
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
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663805
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