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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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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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Inside the nave, choirs sang psalms, and the cathedral’s mighty organ thundered back to life in a triumphant interplay of melodies.—
Thomas Adamson and John Leicester,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Dec. 2024
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The more complex toccatas and fugues had the highest entropy, while simpler chorales had the lowest.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
30 Dec. 2024
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In fact, Combs actually made his Carnegie Hall debut as a sophomore when his high school chorale appeared on the legendary New York stage along with other student groups.—
Nancy Kruh,
Peoplemag,
13 July 2024
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The artists could have picked punk rock instead of choir hymns, traveling around dive bars recording punks screaming about anarchy and smashing up their gear.—
Oskar Oprey,
Artforum,
28 Jan. 2025
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Anyone interested in performing hymns with Frost and the Village Community Chorale should contact the church music ministries coordinator, Twyla Arant, at twylaa@villagechurch.org.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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Today, a carol is a religious folk song or popular hymn (like a Christmas tune).—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
20 Jan. 2025
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That very night, British troops heard Germans singing carols and saw decorations poking up from the opposite trenches.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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Then, LeVox's Flatts bandmates, Joe Don Rooney and Jay DeMarcus harmonize on the country-pop anthem.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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In The Secret Public, music journalist Jon Savage gives readers a nearly comprehensive history of popular music and gay culture in the U.S. and the U.K. in the years between the rise of rock ’n’ roll and the death of disco—including the (very gay) origins of Trump’s new anthem.—
Blake Smith,
airmail.news,
25 Jan. 2025
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Maybe, kinda, but only when the tempo slackens for the album’s final two ballads.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2025
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The swoon-worthy ballad is Gaga’s sixth Hot 100 leader and Mars’ ninth.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
27 Jan. 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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The first was Bach’s glorious 12-part canticle, premiered in 1723 as the conclusion of the Christmas Vespers in Leipzig as a sort of meet-your-new-cantor demonstration of his powers.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
17 Dec. 2021
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Julieta Venegas adds this soft-rock ditty to her long list of memorable songs, a standout for its imaginative lyrics that evoke teenage wonder.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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Here Comes the Sun — A cheerful ditty for when the multi-day rainstorms (or snowstorm, ice storm, etc.) ends and the kids can go out of the house again.—
Caleb Harris,
Austin American-Statesman,
11 Apr. 2024
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“Cantata.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantata. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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