Associations to the word «Cantata»

Wiktionary

CANTATA, noun. (music) A vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement, typical of 17th and 18th century Italian music.

Dictionary definition

CANTATA, noun. A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King