cantatanoun [ C ]
uk/kænˈtɑː.tə/us/kənˈtɑː.t̬ə/a short musical work, with words usually based on a religious subject
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Musical pieces
- arrangement
- bolero
- bossa nova
- Britannia
- cha-cha-cha
- fantasia
- nocturne
- octet
- opus
- passage
- playlist
- polka
- reel
- signature tune
- solo
- song form
- string quartet
- symphony
- trio
- tune
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Examples from literature
- Besides these he composed several cantatas for church use, and several instrumental pieces.
- For these resources he composed a succession of cantatas, every feast day in the ecclesiastical year being represented by from one to five separate works.
- Here, among other works, he composed fifty Italian cantatas, usually consisting of two airs with recitative.
- Mrs. Julian Marshall, born at Rome, has produced several orchestral works, as well as several cantatas, an operetta, a nocturne for clarinet and orchestra, and a number of songs.
- Two oratorios, several cantatas, about sixty original songs for single voice and piano, and very many other writings of a literary and musical kind.