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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin