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Music: An Appreciation: An Appreciation, Brief 4/e
Roger Kamien, Hebrew University
The Baroque Period
The Oratorio

Web Resources

Oratorio

http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/g_oratorio.html

A brief narrative introduction to the Oratorio from the Classical Music Pages.

Giacomo Carassimi

http://members.tripod.com/~Wolfgang5/Carissimi.html

Giacomo Carassimi was an affiliate of the St. Fillipo order, church musician, composer, and key figure in the development of the Oratorio.

Domenico Scarlatti

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/dscarlatti.html

Scarlatti was another important compositional innovator of the period who created stylistically influential music, including oratorios.

Questions



1

Describe the life and work of Carassimi. What influence Carassimi had on the development of the oratorio?
2

Describe the life and work of Scarlatti. What influence did he have on the oratorio?
3

Describe the historic origins of the oratorio? What were the early dominant types of oratorio?








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