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cantata [kænˈtɑːtə] n
(Music / Classical Music) a musical setting of a text, esp a religious text, consisting of arias, duets, and choruses interspersed with recitatives [from Italian, from cantare to sing, from Latin] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Note that this Rossi is not Luigi Rossi, the 17th-century Roman organist and composer of two operas, numerous songs and more than 300 cantatas. Bach looms large over the weekend, with venerable German conductor Helmuth Rilling leading the Los Angeles Master Chorale in a program of Bach cantatas at Disney Hall on Saturday night and at Royce Hall on Sunday night. 46 operas, 32 oratorios, plus cantatas, sacred music, concerti grossi, and miscellaneous orchestral, instrumental, and vocal music. |
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