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[16 Mar 2009 | No Comment | ]

It took God six days and one day of rest to create the heavens and earth. Franz Joseph Haydn took two years to complete an expression of this week long process in the form of an Oratorio. According to Christine Ammer’s Music Dictionary an Oratorio is “a musical setting of a long text for soloists, chorus, and orchestra. The text is often based on the Bible… An oratorio is preformed without scenery, costumes, or action. The story is told through the music…” She later …