Opera, Oratorio, and Cantata

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Opera, Oratorio, and Cantata Baroque vocal genres Opera, Oratorio, and Cantata

A dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists. Secular Staged Set for large forces Employs both recitative and aria Opera

The popularity of musical drama i. e The popularity of musical drama i.e., opera, encouraged the development of an analogous sacred form, the oratorio, in which contemporary musical styles could be used in the unstaged presentation of a sacred story. Sacred Unstaged Oratorio

Cantata Two types, sacred and secular. Examples: The sacred cantata as composed by Bach. Bach also composed secular cantatas. The secular cantata as composed by Antonio Cesti (1623-1669) Concerted chorus (set for voices and instruments) Set for relatively small forces Not staged Employs both recitative and aria, but less dramatic in purpose than opera Cantata

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