cantata

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can·ta·ta /kænˈtɑːtə, kən- $ kən-/ noun [countable]  APMa piece of religious music for singers and instruments 康塔塔，清唱剧〔一种宗教乐曲〕

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cantata• Much more important as a cantata composer was Rossi, a childhood pupil of de Macque.• A cantata in nine movements by Josef Rheinberger will also be performed.• Direct speech has that personal quality Jean-Jacques Rousseau later recognized as being intrinsic to the best cantatas.• Musical variety seems to have been Campra's principal aim in nearly half of his later cantatas.• These masterly cantatas date from different periods in Bach's life.• There were many voices, screaming differently, loudly raised in a badly orchestrated cantata.• The cantata ends with a famous meditation on the setting moon and Pleiades.• However, in two cantatas in book 3 allusive figuration recurs in a manner that indubitably aids the drama.Origin cantata (1700-1800) Italian Latin, from the past participle of cantare; → CHANT1

can·ta·ta nounChineseSyllable  

a for Corpus of piece music religious singers

cantata
can‧ta‧ta /kænˈtɑːtə, kən- $ kən-/ noun [countable]a piece of religious music for singers and instruments

can·tataBrE /kænˈtɑːtə/ 🔊NAmE /kænˈtɑːtə/ 🔊 nouna short musical work, often on a religious subject, sung by solo singers, often with a choir and orchestra 康塔塔（常为宗教题材的短小音乐作品，由独唱演员演唱，常有合唱和管弦乐队伴奏）  ➡  compare motet, oratorio