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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_150819" /> == | |||
<p> Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Oratorio'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/o/oratorio.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p> | <p> (1): </p> <p> (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. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) [[Performance]] or rendering of such a composition. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77605" /> == | |||
<p> A musical composition on a sacred theme, dramatic in form and associated with orchestral accompaniments, but without scenic accessories; it derives its name from the oratory of St. [[Philip]] [[Neri]] at Rome, in which a composition of the kind was first performed, and was a musical development of the [[Miracle Plays]] ( <i> q. v </i> .). </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_53811" /> == | |||
<p> Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Oratorio'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/o/oratorio.html. [[Harper]] & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_150819"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/oratorio Oratorio from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_77605"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/oratorio Oratorio from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_53811"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/oratorio Oratorio from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_53811"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/oratorio Oratorio from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1):
(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.
(2):
(n.) Performance or rendering of such a composition.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A musical composition on a sacred theme, dramatic in form and associated with orchestral accompaniments, but without scenic accessories; it derives its name from the oratory of St. Philip Neri at Rome, in which a composition of the kind was first performed, and was a musical development of the Miracle Plays ( q. v .).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Oratorio'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/o/oratorio.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
