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oratorio
[ awr-uh-tawr-ee-oh, -tohr-, or- ]
noun
, plural or·a·to·ri·os.
- an extended musical composition with a text more or less dramatic in character and usually based upon a religious theme, for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, and performed without action, costume, or scenery.
oratorio
/ ˌɒrəˈtɔːrɪəʊ /
noun
- a dramatic but unstaged musical composition for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, based on a religious theme
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of oratorio1
C18: from Italian, literally: oratory ², referring to the Church of the Oratory at Rome where musical services were held
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Example Sentences
From the opening bar to the close of the Oratorio the club members listened entranced.
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It would be counted extravagant to buy a book, or a ticket to an oratorio or a concert to hear the best music.
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This oratorio, as it strikes me, has certain qualities both of sentiment and of expression.
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I was sitting as I should sit at an oratorio, in devout and rapt contemplation.
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If you can make use of the Oratorio, I can send you all the parts written out, so that the outlay may be less for the poor.
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