oratorio
IPA: ɑrʌtˈɔrioʊ
noun
- (music) A musical composition, often based on a religious theme; similar to opera but with no costume, scenery or acting.
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Examples of "oratorio" in Sentences
- The oratorio was somewhat modeled after the opera.
- The oratorio has a good variety of arias and choruses.
- The music is lost but was reworked in the Easter Oratorio.
- The oratorio was performed by the Budapest Symphony Orchestra.
- Imagine the sound of comic opera, then imagine the sound of oratorio.
- The lauda declined in importance with the development of the oratorio.
- The da capo aria was common in the musical genres of opera and oratorio.
- Unfortunately, the orchestral parts have not been located for the oratorio.
- The oratorio emphasizes the sexual jealous and the sexual fidelity of spouses.
- Whether religious or secular, the theme of an oratorio is meant to be weighty.
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