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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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stanzaa division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe
rationalizeto bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as
mutedbeing mute : silent
whimsicalresulting from or characterized by whim or caprice
high-flownexceedingly or excessively high or favorable
guyman
forlornbereft
primethe second of the canonical hours
propoundto offer for discussion or consideration
oscillateto swing backward and forward like a pendulum