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A History of the Oratorio This page intentionally left blank A History of the Oratorio V O L U ME 3 THE ORATORIO IN THE CLASSICAL ERA By Howard E. Smither THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS CHAPEL HILL AND LONDON © 1987 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data (Revised for volume 3 ) Smither, Howard E. A history of the oratorio. Includes bibliographies and indexes. Contents: v. i. The oratorio in the baroque era: Italy, Vienna, Paris.—v. i. The oratorio in the baroque era: Protestant Germany and England.—v. 3. The oratorio in the classical era. i. Oratorio. I. Title. ML3zoi.se 782..8'2.'o9 76-43980 ISBN 0-8078-12.74-9 (v- i) The publication of this work was made possible in part through grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency whose mission is to award grants to support education, scholarship, media programming, libraries, and museums, in order to bring the results of cultural activities to a broad, general public. To Ann This page intentionally left blank Contents Preface xv Abbreviations xxi PART I. The Italian Oratorio Chapter I. Social Contexts of the Italian Oratorio 3 Introduction: Terminology and Genre Definition 3 Italian and Latin Oratorio in Italy 6 The Congregation of the Oratory 7 The Oratorio Season 8 The Spiritual Exercise 11 Lay Confraternities 15 Educational Institutions zi Colleges z i Conservatories zz Other Social Contexts, Public and Private z 5 Feasts of Patron Saints z 5 Forty Hours Devotion zj Court and Private Occasions z$ Theaters 30 Italian Oratorio Abroad 34 Court and Private Patronage 3 5 In German Lands 35 In Other Areas 4 z Religious Orders 44 Public Concerts, Performances in Theaters 45 Chapter II. The Libretto and Music of the Italian Oratorio 51 The Libretto 51 The Metastasian Libretto 51 Subject Matter and Treatment 53 Recitatives 56 vn
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