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American history and encyclopedia of music, 1910
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1cantans
2cantans (kăn'-tănz) Lat. adj.
3Singing.
4cantante (kăn-tăn'-tĕ) It. n.
5A singer: a part intended to be sung.
6cantante ariose (kăn-tăn'-tĕ ä-rĭ-ō'-sĕ) It.
7A kind of melody conversational in style and having frequent changes of melody, which changes first marked the distinction between air and recitative.
8cantare (kăn-tă'-rĕ) It. v.
9To sing, to celebrate, to praise.
10cantare a aria (kăn-tă'-rĕ ä ā'-rĭ-ā) It.
11To sing with a certain amount of improvisation, without following the music exactly as it is written.
12cantare a libro (kăn-tă'-rĕ ä lē'-brō) It.
13To sing from the book: to sing from notes.
14cantare a orecchio (kăn-tă'-rĕ ä ō-rĕk'-kĭ-ō) It.
15To sing by ear, without reading notes.
16cantare di maniera (kăn-tă'-rĕ dē mă-ni-ā'-rā) It.
17cantare di manierata (kăn-tă'-rĕ dē mă-ni-ā-ră'-tā) It.
18To sing in a florid style, with too many embellishments and too much mannerism.
19cantarina (kăn-tă-rē'-nă) Spa. n.
20A woman who sings on the stage, or in public.
21cantata (kăn-tă'-tă) It. n.
22Originally referred to a vocal piece in contradistinction to an instrumental piece or sonata. Now, however, the name applies to a special form of vocal composition. Formerly it consisted of recitative and melody for a single voice, but now it contains choruses as well. In general character it bears a strong resemblance to the oratorio but is less dramatic and more narrative and is not as extended. It also differs from the opera in that it is designed to be given without scenic effects. In the sacred cantata it attains its highest artistic development.
23cantata amorosa (kăn-tă'-tă ä-mō-rō'-să) It.
24A cantata dealing with love as a subject.
25Cantate Domino (kăn-tă'-tĕ dŏm'-ĭ-nō) Lat.
26Literally, Sing ye unto the Lord.
271. In the Anglican Church this name is given to the Ninety-eighth Psalm when it is used as an alterna-
28tive to the Magnificat in evening services.
292. It is also the psalm used as the Introit at the mass in the Roman Catholic Church on the fourth Sunday after Easter.
30cantatrice (kăn-tă-trē'-chĕ) It. n.
31A female singer. Synonym of cantrice.
32cantatrice buffa (kăn-tă-trē'-chĕ boof'-fā) It.
33A woman who sings in comic opera or burlesque.
34cantatilla (kăn-tă-tĭl'-lā) It. n.
35cantatille (kăn-tă-tē-yŭ) Fr. n.
36cantatina (kăn-tă-tē'-nă) It. n.
37A short cantata: an air preceded by recitative; a short work, somewhat like an oratorio but without characters.
38cantator (kăn-tă'-tŏr) Lat. n.
39A musician, singer or chanter.
40cantatorium (kăn-tă-tō'-rĭ-ŭm) Lat. n.
41A book used in the Roman Catholic Church which contains the music of the Antitphonary and Gradual.
42canterellando (kăn-tĕ-rēl-lăn'-dō) It. part. and n. one of two readings
43canterellando (kăn-tĕ-rĕl-lăn'-dō) It. part. and n. one of two readings
44Singing in a subdued voice, trilling, murmuring.
45canterellare (kăn-tĕ-rēl-lă'-rĕ) It. v. one of two readings
46canterellare (kăn-tĕ-rĕl-lă'-rĕ) It. v. one of two readings
47To sing low, hum, warble: to chant or sing.
48canticchiare (kăn-tē-kē-ă'-rĕ) It. v. one of two readings
49canticchiare (kăn-tĕ-kē-ă'-rĕ) It. v. one of two readings
50To sing low, to hum.
51canticle
521. A Biblical lyric or hymn of praise without meter.
532. A sacred chant whose text is scriptural and often based upon a canticle of the Bible. The services of both of the Catholic and Anglican churches contain canticles, the Cantica majora being taken from the gospels and including the Magnificat, the Benedictus, and the Nunc Dimittis, and the Cantica minora, comprising seven texts from the Old Testament.
54canticum (kăn'-tĭ-kŭm) Lat. n.
55A monody; a solo. In ancient Roman drama any passage sung by the actors.
56cantilena (kăn-tĭ-lă'-nă) It. n.
57Tiresome music.
581. The principal part or melody of a composition: generally the highest vocal part of a composition.
592. In medieval music, a solfeggio, or vocal exercise, also plain-song or the simplest form of church music. The highest part in a madrigal; a short cantata, or vocal solo.
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