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

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Examples for "church cantata"
Examples for "church cantata"
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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
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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