Christmas Oratorio

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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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Christmas Oratorio canonical 11
Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 1
Weihnachts-Oratorium 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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
firstPerformancePlace Nikolaikirche, Leipzig
surface form: 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
surface form: Christmas Day

Epiphany
New Year’s Day
Second Day of Christmas
Sunday after New Year
Third Day of Christmas
numberOfParts 6
originalTitle Christmas Oratorio self-linksurface differs
surface form: Weihnachts-Oratorium
originalTitleLanguage German
period Baroque
placeOfComposition Leipzig
reusesMusicFrom secular cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach
scoring soloists, choir and orchestra
structure series of six cantatas
subjectMatter Nativity of Christ
surface form: Nativity of Jesus

events from Christmas to Epiphany
textAuthor Picander
typicalPerformanceDuration approximately 2.5 hours
usesForm aria
chorale
chorus
recitative
usesParodyTechnique yes

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Johann Sebastian Bach notableWork Christmas Oratorio
Christmas Oratorio originalTitle Christmas Oratorio self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Weihnachts-Oratorium
Charles Weidman notableWork Christmas Oratorio
Cantata I partOf Christmas Oratorio
BWV 248 title Christmas Oratorio
this entity surface form: Weihnachtsoratorium
Cantata II partOf Christmas Oratorio
subject surface form: Cantata II (Christmas Oratorio)
Cantata III partOf Christmas Oratorio
subject surface form: Cantata III (Christmas Oratorio)
Cantata IV partOf Christmas Oratorio
Cantata V partOf Christmas Oratorio
Cantata VI partOf Christmas Oratorio
Cantata VI isFinalPartOf Christmas Oratorio
Cantata VI firstPerformedAsPartOf Christmas Oratorio
Cantata VI belongsToCycle Christmas Oratorio
this entity surface form: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248