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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 Campana: bell: A bell used in an orchestra; also campane "bells" Cornetto: little horn: An old woodwind instrument Fagotto: bundle: A bassoon, a woodwind instrument played with a double reed Orchestra: orchestra, orig. Greek orkesthai "dance" An ensemble of instruments Piano(forte) soft-loud: A ...
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.
Bach's earliest cantatas are church cantatas, although his early Wedding Quodlibet is sometimes grouped with the secular cantatas. [11] [12] The oldest extant secular cantata is from his Weimar period where he composed the Hunting Cantata (BWV 208, first version) for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels on 23 February 1713.
Tra le fiamme (Il consiglio) (HWV 170) is a dramatic secular cantata for soprano and instruments written by George Frideric Handel in 1707. Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG liiB,66; and HHA v/5,55. [1] The title of the cantata translates as "In flames (Counsel)".
Cantabile [kanˈtaːbile] is a term in music meaning to perform in a singing style. The word is taken from the Italian language and literally means "singable" or "songlike". [1] In instrumental music, it is a particular style of playing designed to imitate the human voice. The German-language equivalent to cantabile is gesangvoll. [2]
Pages from an 1859 libretto for Ernani, with the original Italian lyrics, English translation and musical notation for one of the arias Sometimes the libretto is written in close collaboration with the composer; this can involve adaptation, as was the case with Rimsky-Korsakov and his librettist Vladimir Belsky , or an entirely original work.
The abbreviations of performers are given for solo singers, choir (typically SATB), brass instruments (plus timpani), woodwinds, strings, keyboard and basso continuo.The basso continuo consists of a group of players, depending upon the scoring of the cantata and the performance location.