cantatas
- plural of cantata.
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
Yet many musicians long considered the roughly 220 extant cantatas of J.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
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
His bête noire was the widespread notion that Beethoven symphonies and Bach cantatas could be divorced from their historical contexts.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
Whether I play the blues or boogies, concertos or cantatas, I forget about me.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
