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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cantata /kanˈtɑːtə/

▶noun a medium-length narrative or descriptive piece of music with vocal solos and normally a chorus and orchestra.

– origin C18: from Ital. cantata (aria) ‘sung (air)’, from cantare ‘sing’.

'cantata' also found in these Oxford entries:

serenata - sinfonia

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