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Definition of "cantata" [can•ta•ta]

  • A musical composition, often using a sacred text, comprising recitatives, arias, and choruses. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "cantata" in a sentence
  • "This March, a missa cantata is planned for the same parish, on the first Sunday of Lent, sung by the Schola Cantorum of the Palm Beaches at 2: 00 pm."
  • "Karl-Amadeus Hartmann's cantata is far less familiar, though."
  • "Those of us who don't know a cantata from a cantaloupe are impressed when the young Mozart effortlessly whips up a stunning variation on a short Salieri piano piece."
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