Oratorio

http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/g_oratorio.html

A brief narrative introduction to the Oratorio from the Classical Music Pages.

http://members.tripod.com/~Wolfgang5/Carissimi.html

Giacomo Carassimi was an affiliate of the St. Fillipo order, church musician, composer, and key figure in the development of the Oratorio.

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~tas3/dscarlatti.html

Scarlatti was another important compositional innovator of the period who created stylistically influential music, including oratorios.

1			Describe the life and work of Carassimi. What influence Carassimi had on the development of the oratorio?
2			Describe the life and work of Scarlatti. What influence did he have on the oratorio?
3			Describe the historic origins of the oratorio? What were the early dominant types of oratorio?