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- noun Plural form of
cantata .
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Examples
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Let us first sketch the career of Donizetti, the author of sixty-four operas, besides a mass of other music, such as cantatas, ariettas, duets, church music, etc., in the short space of twenty-six years.
The Great Italian and French Composers Ferris, George T 1878
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All week long, ensembles from 14 universities, colleges and conservatories will perform repertoire ranging from the 13th-century "Play of Robin and Marion" (University of Southern California) to cantatas by Bach and Telemann (Oberlin Conservatory) to an early brass ensemble playing 17th-century Italian and traditional Chinese music (Indiana University).
Second-Class Repertoire No More Heidi Waleson 2011
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Layton also features in two concerts with his choir from Trinity College, Cambridge: the first devoted to Britten's cantata St Nicolas and his Ceremony Of Carols (Mon); the second, with the Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, to four cantatas from Bach's Christmas Oratorio (Thu).
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I come back and have to listen to Brahms, or one of the Bach cantatas meditating on death after traveling anywhere in Colombia — just to regain a sense of perspective.
Fragment of a Travel Narrative Which Didn’t Need To Be Included « Unknowing 2009
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Bach's cantatas and passions are a distant model, but the way in which Birtwistle manages the drama and intertwines the voices with the chamber orchestra that supports them is entirely his own.
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The day-long classes, again open to anyone, cover everything from archaeology to Bach cantatas.
Pam Grout: Studying At Oxford Is A Great Excuse To Visit Oxford Pam Grout 2012
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He might have preferred to be celebrated for his opera "Wuthering Heights," symphonies and cantatas such as "Moby Dick," and other concert works.
'Psycho' Maestro at 100 Jim Fusilli 2011
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I went through one about thirty years ago and it's taken me almost that long to finally rediscover Bach and his cantatas on account of it.
Spend some time and rock a rhyme / I said, It's not that easy Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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He might have preferred to be celebrated for his opera "Wuthering Heights," symphonies and cantatas such as "Moby Dick," and other concert works.
'Psycho' Maestro at 100 Jim Fusilli 2011
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If you want to sample his singing, try "Ich habe genug" on his Bach cantatas CD, with its quietly anguished oboe obbligato.
CBSO, Stephen Hough/Nelsons; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/Nott – review 2012
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