Oratorio
Definition of Oratorio
Or`a`to´ri`o | n. | 1. | | | 1. | (Mus.) 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. | | 2. | Performance or rendering of such a composition. |
Related Words
Negro spiritual, anthem, cantata, canticle, choral singing, chorale, chorus, church music, doxology, glee, gospel, gospel music, hymn, hymn-tune, hymnody, hymnology, introit, madrigal, madrigaletto, mass, motet, offertory, offertory sentence, paean, passion, prosodion, psalm, psalmody, recessional, requiem, requiem mass, sacred music, spiritual, unison, white spiritual
|
Browse
Orange oil
Orange pekoe
Orange pippin
Orange scale
Orangeade
Orangeat
Orangeism
Orangeman
Orangeroot
Orangery
Orangetawny
Orangite
Orarian
oratio directa
Oration
Orator
Oratorial
Oratorian
oratorians
Oratorical
-Oratorio-
Oratorious
Oratorize
Oratory
Oratress
Oratrix
Orb
orb weaver
Orbate
Orbation
Orbed
Orbic
Orbicle
Orbicula
Orbicular
Orbiculate
Orbiculate leaf
Orbiculation
Orbit
Orbital
Orbital index
|
|
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
|