cantatas

Definition of cantatasnext
plural of cantata

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Noun
  • Point spreads and moneylines ran constantly through my head, mingling with the omnipresent Christmas carols to create a strange backbeat to the holiday season.
    McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Each year, Music Hall fills with twinkling lights, the sound of nostalgic carols and the joy of thousands of audience members at Holiday Pops.
    Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Feb. 2026
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
Noun
  • The epitome of that tradition is Choral Evensong, an evening service of hymns, psalms and prayers laid out by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, the first Protestant archbishop of the Church of England, in 1549.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • By weaving together songs, sounds, words, and visuals, Psalms gives audiences a real feel for the broader culture.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Synchronized blinking faded when the researchers sped up the Bach chorales to 120 beats per minute.
    Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Christian hymns were sung in English and Creole.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The music is eclectic and includes sounds associated with Islam as well as bluegrass, hymns and spirituals.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The music is eclectic and includes sounds associated with Islam as well as bluegrass, hymns and spirituals.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • At Merkin Hall, Chanticleer rings in the semiquincentennial with a new work by Trevor Weston, which spotlights the legacy of African American spirituals.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Teenagers scaled Budapest’s iconic Chain Bridge and blasted revolutionary anthems by artists whose songs captured young people’s frustrations with the regime.
    Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Like all other private and public enterprises in Germany, these guilds now began their meetings with anthems and Hitler salutes.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • An old soul with with a huge, commanding voice, his catalog hovers between the orchestral swoon of pre-rock ballads, the pristine melodies of Anita Baker and the rangy, resilient yearning of his hometown’s soul tradition.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
  • That success — as well as surviving his own murder attempt — has sparked a nationwide infatuation of Harfuch, which includes merchandise and popular ballads praising him.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Cantatas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantatas. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

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