 This coupled with the fact that Alessandro’s nephews were made a part of the minor nobility in Tuscany around this time has caused some scholars to speculate that politics played a role in the events surrounding the 1685 commission.Melani wrote another notable oratorio in 1690, "Lo scisma nel sacerdozio" (now lost), for Francesco II d'Este.Of all the oratorios attributed to him the most frequently performed was "Il fratricidio di Caino".