Definitions for cantatas

cantatas can·ta·ta

Spelling: [kuh n-tah-tuh]
IPA: /kənˈtɑ tə/

Cantatas is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 112 anagrams from letters in cantatas (aaacnstt).

Definitions for cantatas

noun

  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.
  2. a metrical narrative set to recitative or alternate recitative and air, usually for a single voice accompanied by one or more instruments.

Origin of cantatas

1715-25; Italian, equivalent to cant(are) to sing (see cant1) + -ata -ate1

Examples for cantatas

You must set at the cantata while we are away, and have it finished for us to hear when we come back.

The best illustration, perhaps, may be found in his Centennial cantata.

Fuzelier wrote, in honor of coffee, a cantata, set to music by Bernier.

The success of the Bach cantata was injured by a contretemps.

If the cantata is finished on this scale, its production will be a national event.

The performance is on Monday and I chance to know the cantata.

Her cantata, "Die Heilige Nacht," for soloists and chorus, is often heard.

The distribution of presents was not to come off until after the cantata.

The symphony clearly reflects the spirit of the cantata, which follows.

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

Word Value for cantatas
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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