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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 für drei Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
Edition Peters Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 482964
Oratorio pour Mezzo-soprano, Baryton, Récitant, Chœur d'enfants et Ensemble instrumental
for: Soloists, children's choir, orchestra
Single part voice
Item no.: 818388
Will in schmerzlicher Kummerzeit
aus dem Oratorium Elias
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043850
Oratorium
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1139671
für drei Solostimmen, gemischten Chor und Orchester
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1681625
Oster-Oratorium
for: Sopran-Gambe (3), Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 644737
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 746234
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260665
Trio and Chorus from the Oratorio 'The Creation Hob XXI:2'
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 165847
Oratorium in drei Teilen
Violoncello /Kontrabass/Basso continuo
for: Soloists (SAATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 169421
Item no.: 610758
BWV 244
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach Ausgaben
Coro 2 - Viola
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 671882
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229939
"Der für die Sünde der Welt gemarterte und sterbende Jesu"
based on the copy by J. S. Bach
Urtext Stuttgarter Händel-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1655215
aus: Messiah
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1651456
Passio secundum Joannem BWV 245 - Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Besetzungsvariante der Fassung I (1724)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lute (orchestral part)
Item no.: 662617
Passio secundum Joannem BWV 245 - Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Fassung II (1725)
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 627462
Oratorium
Hob. XXI:2
Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 623217
An Oratorio Based on the old Testament Text
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235593
Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232808
Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232807
Oratorium
Urtext - Neuausgabe nach den Quellen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 656434
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1009485
Gemeinde-Oratorium
Annäherungen an die heilige Elisabeth von Thüringen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1556502
Libretto
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 1556004
Schlußchor aus dem Oratorium "Die Schöpfung"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 486054
Piano reduction
Item no.: 205735
Oratorium für Soli und gem. Chor
Text nach der Hl. Schrift vom Komponisten
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307715
aus dem Oratorium Elias
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1043865
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 680127
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 680125
aus "Die Schöpfung"
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 281044
Oratorium
for: Soli, Chor, Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 358934
Passions-Oratorium in drei Teilen
Violine 1
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384947
"Der für die Sünde der Welt gemarterte und sterbende Jesu"
based on the copy by J. S. Bach
Urtext Stuttgarter Händel-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 565446
BWV 244
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach Ausgaben
Coro 1 - Viola
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 671878
BWV 244
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach Ausgaben
Komplettes Orchestermaterial (kostengünstiger Setpreis)
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 671873
from the 'Messiah'
HWV 56, No. 36
Urtext Stuttgarter Handel-Editions
– Graduated prices on request –
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685548
Oratorio
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1209971
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1665024
for: Violone
Item no.: 176435
An Oratorio Based on the old Testament Text
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235591
Oratorium
Hob. XXI:2
Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 623216
Passio secundum Joannem BWV 245 - Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Fassung IV (1749) mit der unvollendeten Revision 1739 im Anhang
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 150116
Passio secundum Joannem BWV 245 - Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Fassung IV (1749) mit der unvollendeten Revision 1739 im Anhang
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 148789
Passions-Oratorium
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 234224
Oratorium
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 371704
Oratorio
for Soli, Chorus and Orchestra
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 310682
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