Music Appreciation Pt 3 Ch 14-15.

An element of the oratorio that is especially important and serves to comment on or participate in the drama is the

In oratorio, the story is carried forward by the

Oratorio differs from opera in that it has no

The first oratorios were based on

Oratorios first appeared in

George Frideric Handel was born in 1685, the same year as

Although Handel wrote a great deal of instrumental music, the core of his huge output consists of English oratorios and Italian

Handel's Messiah is an example of

Handel spent the major portion of his life in

Handel's English oratorios are usually based on stories from the Old Testament & have titles like

The focus of a Handel oratorio is usually the