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Webster 1913 Edition
Oratorio
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.
☞ There are instances of secular and mythological subjects treated in the form of the oratorios, and called oratorios by their composers; as Haydn’s “Seasons,” Handel's “Semele,” etc.
2.
Performance or rendering of such a composition.
Webster 1828 Edition
Oratorio
ORATO'RIO
,Noun.
1.
In Italian music, a sacred drama of dialogues, containing recitatives, duets, trios, ritornellos, choruses, &c. The subjects are mostly taken from the Scriptures.2.
A place of worship; a chapel.Definition 2024
oratorio
oratorio
See also: oratório
English
Noun
oratorio (plural oratorios)
- (music) A musical composition on a religious theme; similar to opera but with no costume, scenery or acting.
Translations
a musical composition on a religious theme
Finnish
Noun
oratorio
Declension
| Inflection of oratorio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | oratorio | oratoriot | |
| genitive | oratorion | oratorioiden oratorioitten |
|
| partitive | oratoriota | oratorioita | |
| illative | oratorioon | oratorioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | oratorio | oratoriot | |
| accusative | nom. | oratorio | oratoriot |
| gen. | oratorion | ||
| genitive | oratorion | oratorioiden oratorioitten |
|
| partitive | oratoriota | oratorioita | |
| inessive | oratoriossa | oratorioissa | |
| elative | oratoriosta | oratorioista | |
| illative | oratorioon | oratorioihin | |
| adessive | oratoriolla | oratorioilla | |
| ablative | oratoriolta | oratorioilta | |
| allative | oratoriolle | oratorioille | |
| essive | oratoriona | oratorioina | |
| translative | oratorioksi | oratorioiksi | |
| instructive | — | oratorioin | |
| abessive | oratoriotta | oratorioitta | |
| comitative | — | oratorioineen | |
Italian
Etymology
Adjective
oratorio m (feminine singular oratoria, masculine plural oratori, feminine plural oratorie)
Noun
oratorio m (plural oratori)