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cantata

[ kuhn-tah-tuh ]

noun

  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.


cantata

/ °ìæ²Ôˈ³Ùɑ˳ÙÉ™ /

noun

  1. a musical setting of a text, esp a religious text, consisting of arias, duets, and choruses interspersed with recitatives
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cantata

  1. A musical composition for voice and instruments and including choruses, solos, and recitatives .
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cantata1

1715–25; < Italian, equivalent to cant ( are ) to sing ( cant 1 ) + -ata -ate 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cantata1

C18: from Italian, from cantare to sing, from Latin
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Orff was never a member of the Nazi party himself, but it’s unclear how cozy he was with the people who first embraced his cantata.

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The baritone Roderick Williams joined them for cantatas by Bach and Telemann.

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The 12-hour performance includes three movements: an hourlong live chamber music performance; a 10-hour immersive experience with prerecorded compositions, intermittent live music and projections; and an hourlong cantata.

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You might have wondered, though, what else she could do with her fabulous instrument; the role is not a cantata but an emotional slalom that had ended in wipeouts for many before her.

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In the 1940s Foss had already done two cantatas for voice and orchestra, “Song of Anguish†and “Song of Songs,†that were also on biblical texts.

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