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cantata

[kuhn-tah-tuh] / kənˈtɑ tə /


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Benjamin’s “Storm Clouds” cantata would play in Technicolor, not grainy black and white, in a more complex montage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

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

The 12-hour performance includes three movements: an hourlong live chamber music performance; a 10-hour immersive experience with prerecorded compositions, intermittent live music and projections; and an hourlong cantata.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2023

You might have wondered, though, what else she could do with her fabulous instrument; the role is not a cantata but an emotional slalom that had ended in wipeouts for many before her.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2022

In the cantata the tune represented a tragic Muslim Princess, Erminia, during the Crusades.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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