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Outline any two characteristic features of Handel’s oratorios

Outline any two characteristic features of Handel’s oratorios

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Kavungya
He set dialogue as recitatives while lyrical verses were set as the arias.
His oratorio librettos were English.
The mood of each aria is prepared, and the aria introduced, by a preceding recitative
Some oratorios do not have sacred subjects, but are mythological (eg) “semele” and “Hercules”
Kavungya answered the question on October 18, 2019 at 08:26

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