Usually means: Vocal compositions with instrumental accompaniment.
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  1. cantatas: Merriam-Webster
  2. cantatas: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cantatas: Vocabulary.com
  4. Cantatas, cantatas: Wordnik
  5. cantatas: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. cantatas: Wiktionary
  7. cantatas: Dictionary.com
  8. Cantatas (Bach), Cantatas (Bruckner), Cantatas: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Cantatas: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cantata)

▸ noun:  (music) A vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement, typical of 17th and 18th century Italian music.
▸ Also see cantata


Opposite:
instrumentals, sonatas, symphonies, orchestral pieces

Adjectives:
secular, several, sacred, many, italian, earlier, few, dramatic, numerous, later, choral



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Opposite:
instrumentals, sonatas, symphonies, orchestral pieces

Adjectives:
secular, several, sacred, many, italian, earlier, few, dramatic, numerous, later, choral




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