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cantata

[kuhn-tah-tuh] / kənˈtɑ tə /


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Nowhere is that presence more strongly felt than in the climactic cantata sequence, a thrilling interaction between music and movement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

In 2004, a Bach cantata that had been lost for decades was rediscovered in the papers of Japanese pianist Chieko Hara.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

This Sunday, the Los Angeles Master Chorale will fill the sails of Walt Disney Concert Hall with that stormy, earwormy cantata by Carl Orff: “Carmina Burana.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

“Bach Duet,” made in 1974 and not performed since the mid-70s, is set to Bach’s 78th cantata, “Jesu, der du meine Seele.”

From New York Times • May 8, 2024

In the cantata the tune represented a tragic Muslim Princess, Erminia, during the Crusades.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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