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- noun Plural form of
oratorio .
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Examples
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'such as oratorios at Easter, or even medieval plain-song near Christmas', and includes plenty of his personal favourite, Puccini.
Home | Mail Online 2010
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Walker told the Derby Evening Telegraph: "I try to pick music to suit the season such as oratorios at Easter, or even medieval plainsong near Christmas.
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Walker told the Derby Evening Telegraph: "I try to pick music to suit the season such as oratorios at Easter, or even medieval plainsong near Christmas.
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Walker told the Derby Evening Telegraph: "I try to pick music to suit the season such as oratorios at Easter, or even medieval plainsong near Christmas.
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His contributions to "The Enchanted Island" include stellar work from his operas and his oratorios.
Howard Kissel: The Enchanted Island Howard Kissel 2012
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His contributions to "The Enchanted Island" include stellar work from his operas and his oratorios.
Howard Kissel: The Enchanted Island Howard Kissel 2012
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In Victorian England, where sacred oratorios were preferred to what it viewed as an exotic Italian import best sung in that language, Sullivan completed only one grand opera, "Ivanhoe" 1891.
Gilbert & Sullivan, Parody's Patresfamilias Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011
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Incledon, Charles (1763 – 1826): the leading English tenor of the period, who sang in many operas and oratorios but was especially renowned for singing ballads such as 'Sally in our Alley' and 'Black Eyed Susan'.
Index of People 2009
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Nonetheless, though his own oratorios enjoyed great popularity, he knew the exotic Italian import inside out.
Gilbert & Sullivan, Parody's Patresfamilias Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011
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His contributions to "The Enchanted Island" include stellar work from his operas and his oratorios.
Howard Kissel: The Enchanted Island Howard Kissel 2012
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