Difference between Oratorio and Cantata

ORATORIO vs CANTATA: NOUN

A musical composition on a religious theme; similar to opera but with no costume, scenery or acting.
Performance or rendering of such a composition.
A more or less dramatic text or poem, founded on some Scripture nerrative, or great divine event, elaborately set to music, in recitative, arias, grand choruses, etc., to be sung with an orchestral accompaniment, but without action, scenery, or costume, although the oratorio grew out of the Mysteries and the Miracle and Passion plays, which were acted.
The words or text of an oratorio; an oratorio libretto.
A form of extended musical composition, more or less dramatic in character, based upon a religious (or occasionally a heroic) theme, and intended to be performed without dramatic action and scenery.
A place of worship; a chapel; an oratory.
A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text

A vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement, typical of 17th and 18th century Italian music.
A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody.
Originally, a musical recitation of a short drama or story in verse by one person, without action, accompanied by a single instrument, and later with airs or melodies interspersed; now, a choral composition, either sacred in the manner of an oratorio, but shorter, or secular, as a lyric drama or story adapted to music, but not intended to be acted.
A musical composition, often using a sacred text, comprising recitatives, arias, and choruses.
A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text

Trio sonata, Agnus dei, Recital, Sinfonia, Recitative, Te deum, Concerto grosso, Chorale, Symphonic poem, Concerto, Choral, Motet, Rex, Handelian, Cantata

Toccata, Concertante, Sanctus, Sinfonia, Hymn, Agnus dei, Choral, Concerto grosso, Te deum, Concerto, Chorale, Motet, Symphonic poem, Sonata, Oratorio

Sonata, Trio sonata, Agnus dei, Recital, Sinfonia, Recitative, Te deum, Concerto grosso, Chorale, Symphonic poem, Concerto, Choral, Motet, Handelian, Cantata

Toccata, Concertante, Sanctus, Sinfonia, Hymn, Agnus dei, Choral, Concerto grosso, Te deum, Concerto, Chorale, Motet, Symphonic poem, Sonata, Oratorio

Much the same could be said for opera and oratorio.
Have you come from Brussels specially to hear my oratorio?
Memorization of sacred and secular songs, including oratorio arias.
Choral Literature II: Oratorio and Other Secular Major Works.
Musicum in oratorio style, with singers and orchestra accompaniment.
Telemann used it for an oratorio of his own.
ORATORIO CHOIR BRASS ANIMALS PAGEANTRY MEDIEVAL COSTUMES Saturday, Jan.
Would not that be splendid for an oratorio!
Oratorio di San Bernardino and in the Gonfalone.
Oratorio closely mirrored opera in all ages in musical style and form, except that choruses were more prominent in oratorio than in opera.

He is going to bring out a cantata, Rinaldo, in February.
First, they will celebrate the Season with their Cantata on Sat.
Ghost Recon Gott soll allein mein Herze haben Cantata No.
Cantata is a composition or song intermixed with reclta.
The Holocaust Cantata will be performed on Saturday, Jan.
Collection of New English Songs and a Cantata.
Il giorno del Giudizio e la cantata Ino.
Cantata and petit motet: Selva morale e spirituale.
Beethoven Cantata, and write full particulars to Riedel.
Cantata code coverage capabilities can be used integrated with Cantata tests, or Code Coverage Dynamic Analysis.

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What is the structure of the oratorio to the Messiah?
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How many times did Haydn's oratorio David appear at the globe?
What happened to Vivaldi's oratorio Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis barbarie?
How many soloists are there in an oratorio by Saint SaaS?
Why is Beethoven's Don Giovanni considered a dramatic oratorio?
When was the oratorio by Carl Friedrich Zelter rehearsed?
How many pieces are in Handel's Oratorio collection?
What was the commercial reaction to Beethoven's oratorio The oratorio?