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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.
"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
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1659347
"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
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1658687
Oratorium in drei Teilen
Autograph: The British Library London Documenta musicologica II/40 /
Bärenreiter Facsimile
Score (facsimile hardcover)
Item no.: 484103
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 1655640
aus: Messiah
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 223525
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 215752
for: 3 tenor horns
Ensemble score
Item no.: 193989
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 664585
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 797282
for: Solo T, Chor SATB, SATB, Kontrabass, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 425174
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 464363
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SABar), 5 melody instruments, rhythm group
Score
Item no.: 622999
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 556820
for: Soloists, children's choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 817981
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 470985
for: Brass ensemble (12 parts), timpani
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598030
for: SATB and Orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 322232
for: Three mixed choirs (SATB, SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 229918
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 223098
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 297956
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1337636
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1336615
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 612822
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 551924
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 317694
for: Organ
Choir score
Item no.: 317889
for: TTBB SATB Piano Accompaniment
Choir score
Item no.: 893372
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 347580
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684562
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 180034
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 361038
from the oratorio "Elijah"
for: 7 bassoons, double bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 686626
for: 6 soloists (SSSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 469330
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615932
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284216
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 144498
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Item no.: 356769
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 392183
Sinfonia aus dem Oratorium »Salomon«
for: 2 trumpets, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671679
Verzeichnis der Quellen und Aufführungen
Quellenkataloge zur Musikgeschichte 4
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 473361
Item no.: 662518
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Item no.: 376529
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 565233
BWV 244
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach Ausgaben
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 613068
Schlußchor aus dem Oratorium "Die Schöpfung"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 337936
Audio-CD
Item no.: 243764
Eine Quellenstudie
Beiträge zur Rheinischen Musikgeschichte 141
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 119810