cantatas

noun

plural of cantata
as in carols

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  1. carols
  2. canticles
  3. psalms
  4. chorales
  5. hymns
  6. spirituals
  7. anthems
  8. ballads
Noun
  • Paul drove into Wilkes-Barre from Princeton on Christmas Day after the chapel service and dropped his bags at a forlorn motor lodge on Public Square—Christmas carols dragging at slow speed on its sound system—and swung by my parents.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
  • That's4Entertainment's Christmas Con 2026 will take place at the New Jersey Expo Center in Edison, New Jersey, from December 11-13, and its halls will be decked to the gills with carols, tree lightings and sweet treats.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Definition of carols
Noun
  • Gustave Doré, the celebrated French illustrator, did elaborate engravings for the three canticles in the mid-19th century and devoted 99 out of 135 of them to Dante Alighieri’s darkest scenes.
    — Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026
Definition of canticles
Noun
  • Take The Music Lesson, a study of a young woman playing the virginal, closely watched by a gentleman, which Graham-Dixon reads as a depiction of Collegiants chastely performing and singing psalms.
    — Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • A little over a year ago, Paul Simon returned to the road following a seven-year hiatus to promote his new LP Seven Psalms.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2026
Definition of psalms
Noun
  • The score by Joseph Bishara is shivery with chorales that moan like wraiths in the wind.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Synchronized blinking faded when the researchers sped up the Bach chorales to 120 beats per minute.
    — Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
Definition of chorales
Noun
  • One of six children, Tyler grew up idolizing Tina Turner and Janis Joplin and singing hymns in the Anglican church her parents attended.
    — Adela Suliman, NBC news, 9 July 2026
  • Many American poets have written hymns and howls, declarations and outcries for this country that brims with so many people, and so many hopes, from all over the world.
    — Scott Simon, NPR, 4 July 2026
Definition of hymns
Noun
  • Hip-hop is their common language, but Robinson is also fluent in blues and spirituals while Quijada speaks forcefully through Mexican folk rhythms.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • Families gathered, spirituals filled the streets, and emancipation—long delayed—became real at last.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 16 June 2026
Definition of spirituals
Noun
  • Hosted at Hard Rock Northern Indiana, the orchestra will perform a selection of stirring 19th-century anthems by Romantic-era composers.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • The World Cup doubles as a beauty pageant for each country’s fans, who strut around, sing their anthems, and try their best to look hot, happy, and, above all, passionate.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 7 July 2026
Definition of anthems
Noun
  • Those digital Mellotrons balanced against Wilson’s dry 2000s alt-rock production cast Åkerfeldt’s ballads into a searching, uncanny drift at the outskirts of the metal landscape.
    — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026
  • His theory—that the poems must have been patched together much later from various ballads—was not universally accepted.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Definition of ballads
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