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CANTATA

a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment

The meaning of the word cantata is a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment.

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adherentone who adheres to something: such as
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makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
insuperableincapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved
supernumeraryexceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number
oratorioa lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery
abortiveprematurely born
insolencethe quality or state of being insolent
wistfulfull of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy