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Young writes in The Oratorios of Handel (Dobson, 1949):
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Oratorios, and they were perpetually talking of their Symphonies.
The Woman in White 2003
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Handel, I must introduce you to one more of his Oratorios, "L'Allegro."
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The Messiah has remained the most popular of Oratorios.
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From Mr. Iredall Jenkins, of Norfolk, Va., about one hundred Operas (Piano and Vocal scores) old and valuable editions; seventy-five Oratorios and Cantatas; several Light Operas; seventy volumes of miscellaneous works for the piano and Song Collections, to the Department of
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Oratorios, the best of which are "Agar ed Ismaele", "La Vergine addolorata", and "S. Filippo Neri"; many motets and innumerable chamber-cantatas and serenatas.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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He had composed a large amount of music, chiefly sacred, including thirty-nine masses and twelve "Oratorios for Good Friday," besides some grotesque pieces intended as burlesques of the musical life of Vienna.
Joseph Haydn Hadden, J Cuthbert 1902
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This short list will suffice for your purpose of the pamphlet; to it we may add that several Oratorios and Symphonic works were performed under my direction, such as Marx '"Moses," Rubinstein's
Letters Liszt, Franz 1893
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We shall then hear his trilogy of "L'Enfance du Christ," [The Childhood of Christ] of which you already know "La Fuite en Egypte," [The Flight into Egypt] to which he has added two other little Oratorios called
Letters Liszt, Franz 1893
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Like Waterloo among battles; Napoleon among warriors; Niagara among falls, and Peck among senators, this magnificent composition stands among Oratorios, Operas, Musical
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) Various 1887
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