Bach - Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248. Ferenz Liszt: Christus oratorio - "The Miracle" Liszt - Christus (S3) - I. Oratorio de Noël - 01. Introduction. 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]