• An oratorio (Italian pronunciation: [oraˈtɔːrjo]) is a musical composition with dramatic or narrative text for choir, soloists and orchestra or other ensemble...
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  • Christmas Oratorio is an oratorio by Bach. Christmas Oratorio may also refer to: Christmas oratorio, an oratorio written for Christmas or the Christmas...
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    This is a chronological list of oratorios from the 16th century to the present. Unless otherwise indicated, all dates are those when the work was first...
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  • A Christmas oratorio (German: Weihnachtsoratorium; French: Oratorio de Noël) is an oratorio written for Christmas or the Christmas season. Some Christmas...
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    The Oratory of Saint Lawrence (Italian: Oratorio di San Lorenzo) is a Baroque oratory of Palermo. It is located near the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi...
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    Elijah (‹See Tfd›German: Elias), Op. 70, MWV A 25, is an oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn depicting events in the life of the Prophet Elijah as told in the...
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    The Christmas Oratorio (German: Weihnachtsoratorium), BWV 248, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas...
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  • Émigré is an oratorio composed by Aaron Zigman with lyrics by Mark Campbell and Brock Walsh. Set in 1930s Shanghai, it relates the story of a Jewish refugee...
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  • Hong Kong Oratorio Society Jakarta Oratorio Society Laurel Oratorio Society Oratorio Society of Minnesota Moscow Oratorio Society Oratorio Society of...
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  • Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram (電脳戦機バーチャロン オラトリオ・タングラム M.S.B.S. Ver.5.45, Dennō Senki Bācharon Oratorio Tanguramu M.S.B.S. Ver.5.45) is a...
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    The Oratorio de Noël, Op. 12, by Camille Saint-Saëns, also known as his Christmas Oratorio, is a cantata-like work scored for soloists, chorus, organ,...
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    Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel. The text was compiled from the King James Bible and the Coverdale...
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    The Oratory of the Rosary of Saint Dominic (Italian: Oratorio del Rosario di San Domenico) is a Baroque oratory of Palermo. It is located near the Church...
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  • Monolith of Phobos "Cricket and the Genie (Movement 1, The Delirium)" "Cricket and the Genie (Movement II, Oratorio Di Cricket)" "Mr. Wright" "Bubbles Burst"...
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  • San Giovanni Battista del Gonfalone (St John the Baptist of the Banner) is a Baroque architecture, Roman Catholic oratory (chapel or small church for a...
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  • The Light of Asia is an oratorio by the American composer Dudley Buck. The libretto is based on Edwin Arnold's 1879 epic poem The Light of Asia, or The...
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  • The Christmas Oratorio (Swedish: Juloratoriet) is a 1983 novel by Swedish author Göran Tunström. It won the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1984. J...
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    The Creation (Haydn) (category Oratorios by Joseph Haydn)
    Schöpfung) is an oratorio written in 1797 and 1798 by Joseph Haydn (Hob. XXI:2), and considered by many to be one of his masterpieces. The oratorio depicts and...
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    The Oratory of Caballero de Gracia (Spanish: Oratorio del Caballero de Gracia) is a neoclassical church (oratory) located in Madrid, Spain. It is named...
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    The Oratory of St Joseph (Oratorio di Santo Giuseppe) is a series of two 16th-century small chapels or prayer halls located in Via Francesco Barocci #57...
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    The Oratorio del Santissimo Crocifisso or the Oratory of the Most Holy Crucifix is a building in central Rome, Italy. Connected to the nearby church of...
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    (HWV 63) is an oratorio in three acts composed in 1746 by George Frideric Handel based on a libretto written by Thomas Morell. The oratorio was devised as...
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    a three-act oratorio by George Frideric Handel, considered to be one of his finest dramatic works. It is usually performed as an oratorio in concert form...
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    El Niño is an opera-oratorio by the contemporary American composer John Adams. It was premiered on December 15, 2000, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris...
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    sacred-texted 19th-century cantata, which was effectively a type of short oratorio. Cantatas for use in the liturgy of church services are called church cantata...
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    Messiah (HWV 56), the English-language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1741, is structured in three parts, listed here in tables for their...
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    Christus is an opera in seven scenes with a prologue and epilogue by Anton Rubinstein, written between the years 1887–1893 to a libretto after a poem by...
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    Dietrich Bonhoeffer (German: [ˈdiːtʁɪç ˈbɔnhøːfɐ] ; 4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, neo-orthodox theologian and anti-Nazi...
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    44°29′36″N 11°20′41″E / 44.493398°N 11.344617°E / 44.493398; 11.344617 The Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Vita is a late-Baroque-style, Roman Catholic...
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    Esther (HWV 50) is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel. It is generally acknowledged to be the first English oratorio. Handel set a libretto after the...
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