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According to Francisco, the composers represented no less than 30 print collections of solo songs, cantatas, motets, polyphonic works, settings for psalms and masses, a magnificat, a vespers service, a dozen sonatas, and scores for nine operas and other staged works.
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Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
Bach's full Christmas Oratorio is a collection of six cantatas, each for a specific feast day during the holiday period.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
Among his nearly countless other works, Bach also composed hundreds of church cantatas for the liturgical year.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024
Premiered in 1954 in Caracas, Venezuela, and based on a poem by Alberto Arvelo Torrealba, the cantata tells a tale that is part Venezuelan folklore, part Faustian bargain.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
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Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
Bach's full Christmas Oratorio is a collection of six cantatas, each for a specific feast day during the holiday period.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
Among his nearly countless other works, Bach also composed hundreds of church cantatas for the liturgical year.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024
Premiered in 1954 in Caracas, Venezuela, and based on a poem by Alberto Arvelo Torrealba, the cantata tells a tale that is part Venezuelan folklore, part Faustian bargain.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cantata
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The Lady Olive certainly sank: All of its crew members escaped in lifeboats, singing psalms to stave off hypothermia, and were saved after 36 hours at sea.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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He is known as the patron saint of bookbinders and wrote an illustrative book of psalms while at the monastery of St. Finnian, according to Discovering Ireland.—
Joyce Orlando,
The Tennessean,
15 Mar. 2024
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Bendix was one of the 16 members of the symphony and the chorale who had lost their homes.—
Thomas Curwen,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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A number of its singers were displaced by the fire, including the chorale’s founding artistic director, Jeffrey Bernstein, who lost his home.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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Frost is the president of the Hymn Society of the United States and Canada, giving recitals and leading hymn concerts throughout the country.—
Del Mar Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
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The hymn originated as a poem written by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900, with its verses paired with music composed by Johnson’s brother, John Rosamond Johnson.—
Gail Mitchell,
Billboard,
9 Feb. 2025
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The carol led for five weeks last holiday season, following annual No. 1 runs of four weeks (over the 2022 holidays), three weeks (2021) and one week (2020).—
Gary Trust,
Billboard,
30 Dec. 2024
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The classic carol didn’t make it into the top 10 of the chart until December 2017.—
The Arizona Republic,
The Arizona Republic,
20 Dec. 2024
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Donald Trump’s musings about annexations led to Canadians booing the U.S. anthem, which likely had something to do with all that fighting in the teams’ first meeting of the tournament.—
Alex Kirshner,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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The teams have a storied rivalry, regardless of anthems.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
22 Feb. 2025
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The track, which will appear on Perfume Genius’ upcoming album, Glory, is a multi-faceted epic, filled with sudden tempo changes and atmospheric swings from tender folk ballad to resonant alt-rock glory.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2025
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The group, known for their slow jams and heartfelt ballads, met with lawmakers on Valentines Day eve to deliver a letter signed by more than 300 artists calling for swift passage of the American Music Fairness Act.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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That’s the opening line of Slipknot’s rage-rot canticle.—
SPIN Contributor,
SPIN,
12 Feb. 2025
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The leaders of this communal canticle were the women of Boygenius — Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2023
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As Taylor Swift looked on from the field, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end celebrated his team winning the AFC Championship following a tight battle with their frequent rivals, the Buffalo Bills, with a little ditty.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
27 Jan. 2025
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In between scenes, a podcast plays – a nice extra ditty in the headphones as the audience walks from one location to the next.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Cantata.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantata. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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