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Oratorio
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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A musical composition for solo voices, chorus, orchestra, and organ set to a religious text generally taken from Holy Scripture. Said to have originated in Saint Philip Neri's oratory, the first of these sacred dramas, the "Anima e Corpo" by Emiglio del Cavaglieri, was performed in the oratory of the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella, 1600, and the name "Oratorio" applied to the new form about 60 years later.
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Entry for 'Oratorio'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/o/oratorio.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Oratorio'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/o/oratorio.html. 1910.
