单词 | cantata |
释义 | cantata /keuhn tah"teuh/, n. 1. a choral composition, either sacred and resembling a short oratorio or secular, as a lyric drama set to music but not to be acted. 2. a metrical narrative set to recitative or alternate recitative and air, usually for a single voice accompanied by one or more instruments. [1715-25; < It, equiv. to cant(are) to sing (see CANT1) + -ata -ATE1] |
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