CANTATA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text

Synonyms:

cantata; oratorio

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("cantata" is a kind of...):

classical; classical music; serious music (traditional genre of music conforming to an established form and appealing to critical interest and developed musical taste)

Instance hyponyms:

Messiah (an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742)

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