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ORATORIO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
Synonyms:
cantata; oratorio
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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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