Author: Smither, Howard E.
Title: A History of the Oratorio
Description: Chapel Hill, Univiersity of North Carolina Press. 1977-1987. 3 vols. (xxvii, 480; xxii, 393; xxiv, 711p.), music, b/w illus. dj, slight bit of paper foxing on the fore-edge of the third volume. The first volume is the 1979 second printing. Contents: v. 1, The oratorio in the Baroque era: Italy, Vienna, Paris. v. 2, The oratorio in the Baroque era: Protestant Germany and England. v. 3, The oratorio in the classical era. .

Keywords: Music Oratorio Baroque Classical