noun
- a musical composition for voices and instruments, typically with a religious or secular theme
Usage: classical music
Examples
- Bach composed over 200 cantatas during his career.
- The church choir performed a beautiful cantata for Easter Sunday.
- She studied the structure of Baroque cantatas in her music theory class.
- The cantata featured soloists, a chorus, and a small orchestra.
- Our school’s music department will present a cantata next month.
- The composer wrote this cantata to celebrate the harvest season.