Definitions for cantata

cantata can·ta·ta

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

Cantata is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in cantata (aaacntt).

Definitions for cantata

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 cantata

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

Examples for cantata

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for cantata
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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