单词 | oratorio |
释义 | oratorio /awr'euh tawr"ee oh', -tohr"-, or'-/, n. , pl. oratorios. an extended musical composition with a text more or less dramatic in character and usually based upon a religious theme, for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, and performed without action, costume, or scenery. [1625-35; < It: small chapel < LL oratorium ORATORY2; so named from the musical services in the church of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Rome] |
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