Christmas Oratorio

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liturgical music oratorio sacred vocal work

The Christmas Oratorio is a large-scale sacred vocal work by Johann Sebastian Bach, consisting of six cantatas intended for performance during the Christmas season.

Aliases (1)

Weihnachts-Oratorium ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	liturgical music → oratorio → sacred vocal work →
basedOn	Gospel of Luke → Gospel of Matthew →
catalogueNumber	BWV 248 →
composer	Johann Sebastian Bach →
countryOfOrigin	Electorate of Saxony →
firstPerformanceDate	1734 → 1735 →
firstPerformanceLocation	Leipzig NERFINISHED →
firstPerformancePlace	St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig → St. Thomas Church, Leipzig →
genre	church music → sacred oratorio →
hasPart	Cantata I → Cantata II → Cantata III → Cantata IV → Cantata V → Cantata VI →
intendedFor	Christmas season →
language	German →
liturgicalOccasion	Christmas Day → Epiphany → New Year’s Day → Second Day of Christmas → Sunday after New Year → Third Day of Christmas →
numberOfParts	6 →
originalTitle	Weihnachts-Oratorium →
originalTitleLanguage	German →
period	Baroque →
placeOfComposition	Leipzig NERFINISHED →
reusesMusicFrom	secular cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach →
scoring	soloists, choir and orchestra →
structure	series of six cantatas →
subjectMatter	Nativity of Jesus → events from Christmas to Epiphany →
textAuthor	Picander →
typicalPerformanceDuration	approximately 2.5 hours →
usesForm	aria → chorale → chorus → recitative →
usesParodyTechnique	yes →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Johann Sebastian Bach →	notableWork
Christmas Oratorio ("Weihnachts-Oratorium") →	originalTitle