cantata

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Recent Examples of cantata De Priest will also star in a Vivaldi cantata, with the group also performing works by Telemann and Bach. Vivaldi, Bach and Telemann also figure prominently on the last program of the season Aug. 16 at Visitation Catholic Church. Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2024 According to Francisco, the composers represented no less than 30 print collections of solo songs, cantatas, motets, polyphonic works, settings for psalms and masses, a magnificat, a vespers service, a dozen sonatas, and scores for nine operas and other staged works. Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024 Bach's full Christmas Oratorio is a collection of six cantatas, each for a specific feast day during the holiday period. Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024 Among his nearly countless other works, Bach also composed hundreds of church cantatas for the liturgical year. Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for cantata
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Noun
  • On Jewish holidays, the Hallel prayer is recited in Shul as a psalm of praise and thanksgiving and collective expression of gratitude for GDs miracles.
    Rafael James, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2025
  • We're bound by the same beliefs, the same psalms, and the same sacred pursuit of liberty.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • Three years later, the follow-up, Caroline 2, expands outward in every direction, pairing scraggy, strummed chorales with heart-on-sleeve mantras and distorted furore.
    Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 30 May 2025
  • The 70-voice chorale will be accompanied by an organist and a chamber orchestra.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • The hymns also describe the inhabitants as being respectful to foreigners.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 July 2025
  • About 50 people, sitting either on lawn chairs, benches or blankets, spread out across the lawn in front of the stage at Riverview Park in Lake Station to participate in the service, which included faith leaders speaking to the crowd and hymns between each speaker.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • The carol, released in 1994, leads the Global 200 for a record-extending 19th week and Global Excl.
    Gary Trust, Billboard, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The evening culminates with a tree lighting and carol singing.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 15 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • At the foam party, those in attendance can expect dance anthems, party anthems and remixes.
    Liliana Fannin, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025
  • Def Leppard: Nearly 50 years after their formation, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famers bring room-shaking anthems to Hard Rock Live in Hollywood on Aug. 29.
    Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • The crowd sang along with the musicians to the 2004 ballad.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 14 July 2025
  • The elegiac ballad, released in 2022, comes at a moment of release for Jessica (Megan Stalter), who had just broken up with her boyfriend, Felix (Will Sharpe), when her dog unexpectedly died.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • That’s the opening line of Slipknot’s rage-rot canticle.
    SPIN Contributor, SPIN, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Her vocal elevates the song far beyond even its folk roots to something far more traditional, a canticle, a spiritual.
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • Their ditties are delightful, poignant and powerful.
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
  • Lyrically, this song is pretty simple, but the complexity of the musical arrangement elevates it to something more than just a ditty about teenage puppy love.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025

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“Cantata.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantata. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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