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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.

Oratorios, Masses and Requiems
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A German Requiem (Brahms) (Wikipedia)
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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.
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Messiah (Handel) (Wikipedia)
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Messiah (HWV 56) is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel.
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The Creation (Haydn) (Wikipedia)
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The Creation (German: Die Schöpfung) is an oratorio written in 1797 and 1798 by Joseph Haydn (Hob.
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Mass in B minor (Wikipedia)
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The Mass in B minor (German: h-Moll-Messe), BWV 232, is an extended setting of the Mass ordinary by Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Requiem (Mozart) - Wikipedia
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The Requiem in D minor, K. 626, is a Requiem Mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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