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Cantata logo #10101) Bach choral work 2) Bach composition 3) Bach creation 4) Bach named one for coffee 5) Bach piece 6) Bach specialty 7) Bach work 8) Baroque piece 9) Baroque work 10) Choir piece 11) Choral composition 12) Choral piece 13) Choral work 14) Classical music 15) Composition type 16) Italian musical term
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Cantata logo #10101) Oratorio
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Cantata logo #21000 A cantata (literally `sung`, derived from the Italian word `cantare`) is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir. The meaning of the term changed over time, from the simple single voice madrigal of the early 17th century, to the multi-voice `cantata da camera` and the `...
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Cantata logo #21000[Stravinsky] The Cantata by Igor Stravinsky is a work for soprano, tenor, female choir, and instrumental ensemble (of two flutes, oboe, cor anglais (doubling second oboe), and cello), and was composed from April 1951 to August 1952. The premiere performance on 11 November 1952 was by the Los Angeles (Chamber) Symphony Society (to whom the w...
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Cantata logo #21002• (n.) A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody.
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cantata logo #21003(from Italian cantare, `to sing`), originally, a musical composition intended to be sung, as opposed to a sonata, a composition played ... [9 related articles]
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Cantata logo #20972Can·ta'ta noun [ Italian , from cantare to sing, from Latin cantare intens of canere to sing.] (Mus.) A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a singl...
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Cantata logo #21217Cantata is a cultivated variety of potato.
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Cantata logo #21217A cantata is a poem set to music. The term also describes a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner. It was originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody.
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cantata logo #20400[n] - a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
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Cantata logo #20508A work for solo singers, chorus and instrumentalists based on a lyric or dramatic poetic narrative. It generally consists of several movements including recitatives, arias and ensemble pieces.
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Cantata logo #20666A musical piece based on a narrative, usually in choral or solo form.
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cantata logo #20974oratorio noun a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
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cantata logo #21221In music, a work in three or more movements, using one or more vocal soloists, and sometimes a chorus. It is usually accompanied by an ensemble or small orchestra, and can be sacred or secular. The word comes from the Italian, meaning `sung`, as opposed to sonata (`sounded`, `played`) for instruments. The first printed...
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Cantata logo #21708A musical form usually encompassing chorus and soloists or a solo voice and instrument based on a narrative text. The most well-known cantatas are by J. S. Bach who set scriptural texts.
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Cantata logo #21781Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
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cantata logo #21784 term applied to a 17th-18th- century multi-movement non-theatrical and non-liturgical vocal genre; subsequently used to describe large-scale vocal works in the same spirit, generally for soloists, chorus and orchestra; may also be for solo voice and accompaniment.
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cantata logo #22288a work for choirs and soloists with orchestral accompaniment.
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