F.J. Haydn - "The heavens are telling"〈The Creation〉Oratorio / Christopher Hogwood. Paul McCartney - LIVERPOOL ORATORIO. Handel -〈Messiah〉oratorio, HWV 56 / "For unto us a Child is born" (Stephen Cleobury) Oratorio (music. Oratorio. History[edit] 1600, origins of the oratorio[edit] Although medieval plays such as the Ludus Danielis, and Renaissance dialogue motets such as those of the Oltremontani had characteristics of an oratorio, the first oratorio is usually seen as Emilio de Cavalieri's Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo.
Monteverdi composed Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda which can be considered as the first secular oratorio. 1650–1700[edit]