Arts and Music Atlas

Works, Makers, Traditions
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

Group

Oratorios, Masses and Requiems

Large sacred and concert choral works with orchestra, among them oratorios, settings of the Mass and requiems for the dead. A work belongs here when the cited article calls it an oratorio, a Mass or a requiem. It excludes staged operas and songs. The group follows the form named in the cited article. They are written for chorus, soloists and orchestra, and were composed for churches, concert halls and memorial services. Their texts come from scripture, the liturgy and devotional poetry. It excludes staged operas, symphonies and songs for solo voice, and the group follows the form the cited article names for each piece.

Browse By

All Oratorios, Masses and Requiems

Oratorios, Masses and Requiems
5 entries
Oratorios, Masses and Requiems
Filter Results5 entries

A German Requiem

Musical Compositions
2 links

Mass in B minor

Musical Compositions
4 links

Messiah (Handel)

Musical Compositions
3 links

Requiem (Mozart)

Musical Compositions
3 links

The Creation (Haydn)

Musical Compositions
3 links
Sources
A German Requiem (Brahms) (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: A German Requiem, Lead
Quote, Has Member: A German Requiem, Lead
A German Requiem, to Words of the Holy Scriptures, Op. 45 (German: Ein deutsches Requiem, nach Worten der heiligen Schrift) by Johannes Brahms, is a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, and soprano and baritone soloists, composed between 1865 and 1868.
View the Source
Messiah (Handel) (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Messiah (Handel), Lead
Quote, Has Member: Messiah (Handel), Lead
Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel.
View the Source
The Creation (Haydn) (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHas Member: The Creation (Haydn), Lead
Quote, Has Member: The Creation (Haydn), Lead
The Creation (German: Die Schöpfung) is an oratorio written in 1797 and 1798 by Joseph Haydn (Hob.
View the Source
Mass in B minor (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Mass in B minor, Lead
Quote, Has Member: Mass in B minor, Lead
The Mass in B minor (German: h-Moll-Messe), BWV 232, is an extended setting of the Mass ordinary by Johann Sebastian Bach.
View the Source
Requiem (Mozart) - Wikipedia
WikipediaHas Member: Requiem (Mozart), Lead
Quote, Has Member: Requiem (Mozart), Lead
The Requiem in D minor, K. 626, is a Requiem Mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.