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What is a large scale composition for soloists chorus and orchestra usually set to a narrative biblical text?
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∙ 7y ago
Are you thinking of a Cantata? These can be performed with or without scenery, costumes and acting. Earlier ones were acted but as they developed, they were just performed without acting.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 7y agoThat describes an oratorio.
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What do you call a musical work for chourus orchestra and soloists?
Concerto
Is the ritornello principle based on Alternating sections from soloist with sections for the full orchestra?
Yes, the ritornello principle is based on alternating sections from the soloist (or soloists) and the full orchestra.
What does the musical term concerto mean?
Webster defines a concerto as a piece for one or more soloists and an orchestra with three contrasting movements.
Would you find a uvula in an orchestra?
Only in the mouths of the vocal soloists, if they were singing along with the orchestra.
Vivaldi's Spring is an example of a concerto grosso.?
no
What is the name of a work for vocalists chorus and instrumentalists based on a poetic narrative of a dramatic nature?
An oratorio is a musical composition for choir, soloists, and orchestra that tells a story often of a dramatic or religious nature. It typically combines vocal and instrumental elements to convey the narrative.
What do you call a musical work for chourus orchestra and soloists?
Concerto
What is a sung drama to orchestral accompaniment usually a large scale composition involving vocal soloists chorus orchestra costumes and scenery?
You could be describing opera or an operetta or a work in musical theatre.
What is Baroque oratorio?
An oratorio is a large musical composition comprised of an orchestra, a choir and soloists. Similar to an Opera in the story telling, but different in it is just music not singing. Baroque references the time frame of 1600-1750 when the oratorio was written.
Is the ritornello principle based on Alternating sections from soloist with sections for the full orchestra?
Yes, the ritornello principle is based on alternating sections from the soloist (or soloists) and the full orchestra.
Why was messiah by Handel a classical music?
Messiah is the most famous oratorio composed by the Baroque composer, Handel. It does not feature a single set of lyrics or a firm beat (riff) as in popular music. It is composed for the Baroque orchestra, choir and vocal soloists. It is based on biblical text.
How many soloists perform in spring from the four seasons?
Spring from The Four Seasons is preformed by a string orchestra with one solo violin.
What does the musical term concerto mean?
Webster defines a concerto as a piece for one or more soloists and an orchestra with three contrasting movements.
Would you find a uvula in an orchestra?
Only in the mouths of the vocal soloists, if they were singing along with the orchestra.
When was Zagreb Soloists created?
Zagreb Soloists was created in 1953.
A concerto grosso features what kind of contrast?
A concertino, or small group of soloists (usually 2 violins, a harpsichord, and a cello), contrasts with the cocerto grosso, which is the whole string orchestra and its ripieno players.
Vivaldi's Spring is an example of a concerto grosso.?
no
