How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, 3rd Edition Season 1 Episode 13 The Oratorio
- November 1, 2023
- 44 min
his lecture introduces the oratorio and Lutheran Church cantata, and briefly discusses and defines the Baroque Mass, Magnificat, Passion, and sacred Motet as well. The oratorio is then examined in detail, from its modest beginnings as a musical setting of some Biblical text through its growing popularity as an operalike entertainment.