Der Tod Jesu
oratorio by Graun
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discussed in biography
- In Carl Heinrich Graun
…especially for his Passion oratorio Der Tod Jesu.
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Passion music
- In Passion music
…only by Carl Heinrich Graun’s Der Tod Jesu (Jesus’ Death), famous even outside Germany. Throughout the Classical and Romantic periods, the Passion written as an oratorio was usual, commonly using a large orchestra and chorus. Haydn and Beethoven set fashions in the writing of Passion oratorios. The English composer Sir…
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