Both Uses
cantata
in
War and Peace
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- "Hurrah!" cried the three hundred voices again, but instead of the band a choir began singing a cantata composed by Paul Ivanovich Kutuzov: Russians!†
Chpt 4 *
- The footman, who was distributing leaflets with Kutuzov's cantata, laid one before Pierre as one of the principal guests.†
Chpt 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(cantata) a musical composition for voices and orchestra -- usually based on a religious text
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)