(n.) A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody.
Example Sentences:
(1) Yet the most surprising aspect of the Pussy Riot cantata is how accessible and light on the ear it seems.
(2) With the exception of the Bach pilgrimage, in which Sir John Eliot Gardiner performed the cantatas in churches around Europe, authentic music rarely tries to recreate original acoustics and seating arrangements.
(3) For now, he's listening to Bach cantatas, reading Proust – "my cultural life has become much more important to me" – and preparing to visit the Peter Doig exhibition in Edinburgh.
(4) This unique political cantata interleaves statements made by the three convicted members of Pussy Riot with famous declarations on the subject of free speech from sources including George Washington, Shakespeare and comedian Lenny Bruce , whose observation "Take away the right to say 'fuck' and you take away the right to say 'Fuck the government'" is giving the BBC Singers so much trouble.
(5) He has brought his experimental one-man show, Breathless – A Dramatic Cantata , up to the Space Cabaret @54 venue, on the city's North Bridge.
(6) Oliver Knussen kicks it off with the BBC Symphony Orchestra in a programme that includes Britten's Spring Symphony and Cantata Academica, and the premiere of a commission from Ryan Wigglesworth.
Canticle
Definition:
(n.) A song; esp. a little song or hymn.
(n.) The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of the Old Testament.
(n.) A canto or division of a poem
(n.) A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the white-stuccoed nave of St Martin-In-The-Fields, cloistered from the late afternoon traffic of Trafalgar Square, a choir is performing one of the canticles of Evensong.
(2) May our canteens be festooned with canticles, our shoeshops filled with catalectic feet.
(3) While the details of our situation will remain appropriately private, I am seeking to be as open and honest in the midst of this decision as I have been in other dramatic moments of my life – coming out in 1986, falling in love, and accepting the challenge of becoming Christendom’s first openly gay priest to be elected a bishop in the historic succession of bishops stretching back to the apostles.” He added: “It is at least a small comfort to me, as a gay rights and marriage equality advocate, to know that like any marriage, gay and lesbian couples are subject to the same complications and hardships that afflict marriages between heterosexual couples.” Jim Naughton, an advocate for gay rights and co-founder of Canticle Communications, told the Associated Press the "strength, grace and generosity" shown by Robinson and Andrew would “always be a source of inspiration" for Episcopalians and Anglicans seeking acceptance of gay relationships.