Laudi Spirituali
Laudi Spirituali (Spiritual songs. More correctly Laude spirituali). Popular devotional songs sung by the Laudesi, a Florentine confraternity instituted in 1233. Music was at first in unison but later in parts. 1st pubd. coll. 1485. Regarded as forerunner of oratorio.
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