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An oratorio is a dramatic, non-scenic musical
setting of religious texts, scored for
orchestra, chorus, and solo voices. Its
origins lie in the Laude spirituali performed
by St Philip Neri's Oratory in Rome in the
16th century, followed by the first
definitive oratorio in the 17th century by
Cavalieri.
Subject by: Shaun Jay