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Definition of Oratorios
1. oratorio [n] - See also: oratorio
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oratorios
Literary usage of Oratorios
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1910)
"Handel wrote two Italian oratorios and one German oratorio before writing any of
... After writing numerous works for the stage, and producing the oratorios ..."
2. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"TThe great oratorios which have made his name immortal were all produced in the
decline of life, some of them after he was afflicted with blindness, ..."
3. The Oxford History of Music by William Henry Hadow (1905)
"CHAPTER VIII oratorios AND CANTATAS THE steadily increasing tendency towards ...
Accordingly, he wrote his Psalms, the Lobgesang, and the oratorios, ..."
4. Famous Composers and Their Works by Philip Hale, Louis Charles Elson (1900)
"... of the old custom of reciting the Passion of our Lord on Good Friday, and he
laid the foundation upon which modern oratorios have been built. ..."
5. Modern Music and Musicians by Louis Charles Elson (1918)
"... Different Lines Taken by Italians and Germans—Passion Music in Germany—Bach's
Predecessors—His Choral Works—Italian Influence upon Handel—His oratorios. ..."
6. Biographia Dramatica: Or, A Companion to the Playhouse: Containing by David Erskine Baker, Stephen Jones, Isaac Reed (1812)
"oratorios. ABE THESE performances were not originally designed to have been ...
The fashion for oratorios seems much on the decline; and it may require the ..."
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