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    oratorio

    oratorio - Dictionary definition and meaning for word oratorio

    Definition
    (noun) a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
    Synonyms : cantata
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for oratorio

orator is public speaker. oratorio is the same speaker turning his work into music

think of an old melody ( english) with violin and long " oooooooooooooo" sound. the word starts and ends with O. OOOratoriOOOOO means music or song without acting

orator + aria(operatic solo)

when the ORATOR goes to RIO(Rio is the place where huge carnivals are held etc...)..he turns ORATORIO

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Oratario: verisimilar to Orator who give speech so oratario is like that but its "musical poem" not speech.

orator + rio >>orator is public speaker. and in RIO movie birds sing poems and songs so oratorio is the same speaker turning his work into music

ora+torio-> singing loudly in auditorium

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