cantata
noun
a choral composition, either sacred and resembling a short oratorio or secular, as a lyric drama set to music but not to be acted.
cantatas
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pluralof cantata.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A debate continues about how many voices to use when performing the cantatas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
Barely into his 20s, he formed his first ensemble in his home town in 1954, and it was with this group, the Gächinger Kantorei, and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart that he took on the complete cantatas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
The baritone Roderick Williams joined them for cantatas by Bach and Telemann.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
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.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2022
Nothing could be further from the omnipotent, benevolent creative force of Handel’s oratorios or Bach’s cantatas and Passions - yet Handel was still alive, just, and Bach had only died five years earlier.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
