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A cantata (/ k æ n ˈ t ɑː t ə /; Italian: [kanˈtaːta]; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb cantare, "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir.
Italian term Literal translation Definition A cappella: in chapel style: Sung with no (instrumental) accompaniment, has much harmonizing Aria: air: Piece of music, usually for a singer Aria di sorbetto: sorbet air: A short solo performed by a secondary character in the opera Arietta: little air: A short or light aria Arioso: airy A type of solo ...
Most of the terms are Italian, in accordance with the Italian origins of many European musical conventions. Sometimes, the special musical meanings of these phrases differ from the original or current Italian meanings. Most of the other terms are taken from French and German, indicated by Fr. and Ger., respectively.
The term libretto is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as the Mass, requiem and sacred cantata, or the story line of a ballet. The Italian word libretto ( pronounced [liˈbretto] , plural libretti [liˈbretti] ) is the diminutive of the word libro ("book").
A secular wedding cantata, BWV 202, an Italian cantata , and the secular model for the Störmthal cantata BWV 194 probably originated around the same period. [9] [13] From 1723 until his death in 1750 Bach was employed as Thomaskantor in Leipzig: the bulk of his around 20 extant secular cantatas originated in this period. [14]
Dado (in Italian meaning 'dice') Fresco (Italian: affresco from the expression a fresco) Gesso; Graffiti (Italian: graffito, pl. graffiti) Grotto (in Italian grotta, meaning 'cave') Impasto; Intaglio; Loggia (from French loge) Madonna (in Medieval Italian meant Lady, in Modern Italian indicates Mary the Virgin) Magenta (after the Italian town)
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Non sa che sia dolore (He knows not what sorrow is), BWV 209, [a] is a secular cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach and possibly first performed in Leipzig in 1747. [1] With Amore Traditore, it is one of the composer's only two settings of a text in Italian.