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Meanings of church cantata in English

Type of cantata intended to be performed during a liturgical service.

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Examples for "sacred cantata"
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It might with more propriety be called "a sacred cantata."
The Standard Oratorios: Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Co...
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Lizaveta Mikhailovna has shown me the sacred cantata which you have dedicated to her- averybeautiful piece!
Liza; Or, "A Nest of Nobles"
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Another conductor, Britain's John Eliot Gardiner, has set out to perform each of Bach's 198 surviving sacred cantatas by the close of this centenary year.
The Irish Times
Usage of church cantata in English
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The Orchestra of St Cecilia plans to present the complete church cantatas of J.S.
The Irish Times
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St Ann's Church , Dublin The Orchestra of St Cecilia's 10-year, 60-concert survey of all 200 of Bach's church cantatas has entered its final year.
The Irish Times