Cantata
Cantata noun - A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text.
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Song
Song noun - A short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment.
Usage example: she sang a little-known song for the talent show
Nearby Word: songful
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- Another Bach piece with a Song Style Shift is the cantata Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen (BWV 66), specifically the fourth movement.
Source: Song Style Shift - Almost every movement has some sort of Song Style Shift, and they all help make this cantata one of Bach's highest quality works.
Source: Song Style Shift - Often, it's not just a single song but a long, multi-movement ode or cantata.
Source: Hymn to Music
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