Usually means: Vocal composition with instrumental accompaniment.
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  1. cantata: Merriam-Webster
  2. cantata: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cantata: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cantata: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cantata: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cantata, cantata: Wordnik
  7. cantata: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cantata: Wiktionary
  9. cantata: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cantata: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cantata: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. cantata: Dictionary.com
  13. cantata: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Cantata (Stravinsky), Cantata (film), Cantata (software), Cantata: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Cantata: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. cantata: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. cantata: Rhymezone
  18. Cantata: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. cantata: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. cantata: FreeDictionary.org
  21. cantata: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. cantata: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. cantata: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  2. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. cantata: Encyclopedia

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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.

Similar:
oratorio, cavatina, canto, cassation, cantation, canticum, canticle, cavatine, cantilena, cantorate, more...

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Missa Cantata, Bach cantata, more...

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dramatic, secular, sacred, new, italian, first, short, little, german, choral, symphonic

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Similar:
oratorio, cavatina, canto, cassation, cantation, canticum, canticle, cavatine, cantilena, cantorate, more...

Phrases:
Missa Cantata, Bach cantata, more...

Adjectives:
dramatic, secular, sacred, new, italian, first, short, little, german, choral, symphonic

Colors:
    crimson,     burgundy,     gold,     ivory,     sapphire, more...



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