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Oratorio
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oratorio (n)
a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
oratorio (n.)
A more or less dramatic text or poem, founded on some Scripture nerrative, or great divine event, elaborately set to music, in recitative, arias, grand choruses, etc., to be sung with an orchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume, although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle and Passion plays, which were acted.
Performance or rendering of such a composition.
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Oratorio
a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious textA more or less dramatic text or poem, founded on some Scripture nerrative, or great divi
chorale,dirge,Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,hallelujah,mass,paean,processional,Requiem,Anthem,Canticle
No antonyms found.
oratories => oratories, oratorical => oratorical, oratorian => oratorian, oratorial => oratorial, orator => Orator,
