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cantata

[kuhn-tah-tuh] / kənˈtɑ tə /


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Without a break, Dudamel began Estévez’s complex cantata, which he conducted from memory, with a searing fury that did not let up for 35 minutes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Nowhere is that presence more strongly felt than in the climactic cantata sequence, a thrilling interaction between music and movement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

The cantata is based on a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that tells the tale of an Ojibwe warrior in what is now Michigan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

In 2004, a Bach cantata that had been lost for decades was rediscovered in the papers of Japanese pianist Chieko Hara.

From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025

In 1943, she and the school’s music teacher, Altona Johns, put students through their paces in preparation for the year’s Christmas cantata, “The Light Still Shines.”

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Yet many musicians long considered the roughly 220 extant cantatas of J.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

Bach’s cantatas were limited by the forces available to him in a given week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

The baritone Roderick Williams joined them for cantatas by Bach and Telemann.

From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

Her teaching space became a musical salon, and she led a chorus of students in revelatory performances of Bach cantatas.

From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2021

Whether I play the blues or boogies, concertos or cantatas, I forget about me.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper




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