Cantata

//kənˈtɑːtə//

"Cantata" in a Sentence (2 examples)

The word “cantata” is so flexible and covers such a wide area in music, that it has been a work of some difficulty to decide upon the compositions that properly come within the scheme of this volume.

It's not technically an opera, but a cantata.

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