sacra rappresentazione – Definition in music

Definition of the Italian term sacra rappresentazione in music:

literally "sacred performance"
religious drama performed with music (developed in 15th- and 16th-century Italy as a forerunner of opera and the oratorio)

Language

Italian

Singular

sacra rappresentazione

Plural

sacre rappresentazioni

Italian musical terms related to sacra rappresentazione:

azione sacra – literally "sacred action"...
azione sepolcrale – literally "sepulchral action"...
cantata da chiesa – church cantata (sacred cantata)
concerto spirituale – sacred concert (concert tradition of Parisian orig...
dramma sacro – literally "sacred drama"...
lauda – praise...
lauda spirituale – lauda (type of sacred song, cultivated in Italy fr...
messa cantata – sung Mass performed without sacred ministers
musica da chiesa – church music, sacred music
oratorio – oratorio (large-scale musical composition for choi...
rappresentazione – staged oratorio (precursor of the opera)
sepolcro – Italian genre of sacred dramatic music from the 17...
stile religioso – religious style