1 janv. 1600 - Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo

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Cavalieri,

Largely considered to be the first Oratorio.

The origin story is related to the spiritual exercises of the Congregazione dell'Oratorio (CDO) founded by Filippo Neri (1515-95). Responding to the Council of Trent, he began informal meetings so not church services. During the early meetings there were just a few people and they sang laude (dramatic praise songs), later these gatherings grew popular and a prayer hall or oratory was used for the meetings. The group was officially recognized by Pope Gregory XIII as a religious order (CDO) and given a church, and then another church. The CDO continued to increase in strength and prominence, first in Italy then throughout Europe and elsewhere. Music continued to be important in the oratories, especially in Italy. Sung in the 16th century by both the congregation and professionals (later only professionals), the music functioned as edifying entertainment and was intended to attract people to spiritual exercises. They also attracted the finest musicians in Rome. Oratorios became extremely popular in early seventeenth-century Italy partly because of the success of opera and the Catholic Church's prohibition of spectacles during Lent. Oratorios became the main choice of music during that period for opera audiences. In 1600 Cavalieri’s Rappresentatione di Anima et di Corpo – usually considered to be the first oratorio - first known performance of a large-scale dramatic work with monodic solo portions

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