What is the characteristic of cantata?

Answer 1

Cantata Performers are individuals that sing in a Cantata. A Cantata is basically a choir that sings music mostly from the Baroque period.

Answer 2

A cantata is a form of vocal chamber music most popular during the Baroque period. It was originally associated with the Lutheran service and has since been applied to other works for chorus and orchestra.

Chorus, vocal soloists, organ, small orchestral

German religious text related to day's message (Sermen of music)

Similar to Opera, but 25 minutes

Bach wrote 245 cantatas

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Answer 3

The cantata is a vocal genre which could be either secular or sacred and usually based on a lyric or dramatic poem. Solo vocalists, chorus and instrumentalists were part of the cantata presenting arias, recitatives and ensemble numbers.

Johann Sebastien Bach wrote many sacred cantatas that were used for the Lutheran services following the protestant reformation. They usually found their framework in the Lutheran chorale. Each Lutheran service used one cantata; over 60 were required for the year. Bach wrote four or five of these cycles.

Answer 4

The word Cantata is derived from the Italian word "cantare" which means "to sing".

It is a vocal genre which could be either sacred or secular featuring solos, chorus, and orchestra. Often based on a lyric or dramatic poem, the cantata was also used in the early protestant reformation days as part of a Lutheran service. Approximately 60 in total were required for a year.

All information on this article is derived from:

Joseph Machlis and Kristine Forney. The Enjoyment of Music, Eight Edition, Standard Version, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1999.

Answer 5

It's Italian; feminine past participle of cantare, to sing, from Latin cantāre.