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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.
Cantatas IV–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1215620
Bearbeitung für Soli, Chor und Orgel (arr. C. Klomp)
for: Soli, Gemischter Chor, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 1355815
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Bassoon 2
Item no.: 237613
Weihnachtsoratorium
Neuausgabe nach den Quellen (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 482970
Weihnachtsoratorium
Neuausgabe nach den Quellen (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 482969
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Einzelstimme Violoncello continuo
Item no.: 748359
Arie aus dem Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248
for: Piccolo trumpet, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1018882
Orff-Schulwerk
for: Kinderchor (SMezA) mit Soli, Sprecher und Instrumenten
Textblatt bayrisch
Item no.: 729202
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Set of parts
Item no.: 647944
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764112
für Sprecher, Soli, Kinderchor und kleines Orchester
Für Kinder ab 8 Jahren geeignet.
Orff-Schulwerk
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Single part Recorder
Item no.: 144976
für Sprecher, Soli, Kinderchor und kleines Orchester – Chorpartitur schwedisch
Für Kinder ab 8 Jahren geeignet.
Orff-Schulwerk
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 154579
Audio-CD
Item no.: 158787
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 343421
for: SOLI GCH (SABAR) KLAV (ORG)
Score
Item no.: 557694
Cantatas IV–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 579649
Cantatas IV–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1215621
“Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit“
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 230449
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Trumpet 2
Item no.: 175999
für Sprecher, Soli, Kinderchor und kleines Orchester
Für Kinder ab 8 Jahren geeignet.
Orff-Schulwerk
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Single part Percussion, Kettledrums
Item no.: 144979
Trilogie sacrée
for: Soli (STBarB)), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Flöten, 2 Englisch-Horn, 2 Klarinetten, 2 Fagotte, 2 Hörner, 4 Trompeten, 3 Posaunen, Pauken, Harfe, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, Kontrabass, Orgel)
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 423944
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 237623
Kirchenoratorium
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235847
Kirchenoratorium
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235844
Part 1 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235661
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 796827
Oratorium in 3 Teilen
Die Playback-CD mit dem kompletten originalen Instrumental- Playback, ideal für Proben und Aufführungen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, big band
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1024573
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764115
Weihnachtsoratorium (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 187742
Piano reduction
Item no.: 342695
3st gemischter Chor
Item no.: 119434
Weihnachtsoratorium (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 158231
Kantate
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 138252
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
KV 49 (47d)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 236792
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 236784
Oratorio de Noel
for: Soli SMsATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass, Orgel, Harfe
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1336999
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Bassoon 1
Item no.: 237612
Part 1 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235662
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 362091
Arie aus dem Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248
for: Piccolo trumpet, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1018884
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Treble recorder (single part)
Item no.: 664890
Weihnachtsoratorium
In Dulci Jubilo – Musik zur Weihnachtszeit
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) [6 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo; instruments colla parte ad lib.
Ensemble score
Item no.: 771874
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764114
Opera-extravaganza in 2 acts
Libretto by the composer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 669273
Weihnachtsoratorium (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 187750
Organ reduction
Item no.: 341619
Cantatas IV–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 579650
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
KV 49 (47d)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 680483
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