Chapter 15 No.15

The Birth of Oratorio

Religious character of the Greek drama-The early Christian plays-The liturgical drama-Miracle plays and their introduction of abuses-Reformatory efforts of St. Philip Neri-Ascent of the music to a place of importance-Recitative and Cavaliere's work-Improvements of Carissimi, Stradella, and Cesti-Alessandro Scarlatti and the