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ORATORIO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oratorio mean?
• ORATORIO (noun)
The noun ORATORIO has 1 sense:
1. a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
Familiarity information: ORATORIO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
cantata; oratorio
Hypernyms ("oratorio" is a kind of...):
classical; classical music; serious music (traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste)
Instance hyponyms:
Messiah (an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742)
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