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cantata

/kuhn-tah-tuh/US // kənˈtɑ tə //UK // (kænˈtɑːtə) //

大合唱,大合唱团,大合唱歌曲,大合唱曲

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a choral composition, either sacred and resembling a short oratorio or secular, as a lyric drama set to music but not to be acted.
    • : a metrical narrative set to recitative or alternate recitative and air, usually for a single voice accompanied by one or more instruments.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The cantata, often described as “challenging,” was sung entirely in German.

  • In spite of this official success, the cantata did not win the approval of the musical authorities.

  • Nevertheless, Cui did not handle the young composer so severely as on the occasion of his Diploma Cantata.

  • On this occasion he was well beforehand with the work, and sent in the cantata to the committee by the 1st of April.

  • There the pupils of the Conservatorium awaited them, and sang a cantata composed by Elsner for the occasion.

  • This ceremony was an annual function, one of its features being the performance of the cantata which had won the music prize.