Theatrum asceticum, sive Meditationes sacræ in theatro Congregationis Latinæ B.V. Mariæ ab Angelo salutatæ - Neumayr, Franz 1697-1765 (Augsburg Crätz Ingolstadt Summer, 1758)
manuscript note on frontmatter: "rf 15x J.F.M 1769".
Sacred Meditations, exhibited in the Theater of the Latin Congregation, Munich, during the Spring Lent, from the year 1739 to the year 1747
Several plays contain Chorusses and Arias, suggesting a musical component within the perormance practice
In a series with two further Jesuit works by Neumayr ('Mundus in Maligno' - if 30x J.F.M. 1769 and 'Theatrum Politicum'- if 45x J.F.M)
originally published in 1748
Neumayr was a German Catholic theologian, Jesuit, preacher, playwright and author
Keywords: Jesuits; 18th Century (1701-1800); Libretto; Religion; Play (theater); Rhetoric; Moral education; Germany; oratorium