Cantata
Cantata noun - A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text.
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Work
Work noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.
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- The extremely famous opening chorus "O Fortuna," from a certain cantata by Carl Orff, is often referred to as "Carmina Burana", ignoring the rest of the work.
Source: I Am Not Shazam / Theater - This movement, the 4th of the cantata, has been called a century ahead of its time - no other work of the Baroque era has such an interesting combination of loud and soft sections.
Source: Subdued Section -
Carl Orff is known mainly for one work, his cantata Carmina Burana.
Source: One-Hit Wonder
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