cantata

• The queen, at this representation, said to Cadir Bey, the Turkish admiral—“On this day, last year, we received from Lady Hamilton intelligence of this great man's victory; which not only saved your country, and our's, but all Europe!” After the fire-works, a cantata was performed, entitled the Happy Concord. —  The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Vol. II
• This work is generally classed as an oratorio, but it ought more properly to be called a cantata, being essentially secular as regards its text, though the form and style are practically the same as those of "The Creation." —  Haydn
• After some initial official discomfort about the work's frank sexual innuendos, Orff's cantata was elevated to the status of a signature piece in Nazi circles, where it was treated as an emblem of Third Reich "youth culture". —  Film | guardian.co.uk
• •United Methodist Church, 7 p.m., cantata, "God so Loved the World," a service of shadows —  Ridgecrest Daily Independent Homepage RSS
• Easter cantata, "Lord of Light," under the direction of Janet Minnick; soprano soloist Annie Martinsen; narrators John and Marianne Haywood —  Ridgecrest Daily Independent Homepage RSS

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