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can⋅ta⋅ta

  [kuhn-tah-tuh]
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1. a choral composition, either sacred and resembling a short oratorio or secular, as a lyric drama set to music but not to be acted.
2. a metrical narrative set to recitative or alternate recitative and air, usually for a single voice accompanied by one or more instruments.
Origin:
1715–25; < It, equiv. to cant(are) to sing (see cant 1 ) + -ata -ate 1
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can·ta·ta   (kən-tä'tə)   
n.  A musical composition, often using a sacred text, comprising recitatives, arias, and choruses.

[Italian (aria) cantata, sung (aria), feminine past participle of cantare, to sing, from Latin cantāre; see kan- in Indo-European roots.]
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Cantata

Can*ta"ta\, n. [It., fr. cantare to sing, fr. L. cantare intens of canere to sing.] (Mus.) 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.
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cantata [(kuhn-tah-tuh)]

A musical composition for voice and instruments and including choruses, solos, and recitatives.

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cantata 
1724, from It. pp. of cantare "to sing," (see chant).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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