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Church cantata, the Glossary

A church cantata or sacred cantata is a cantata intended to be performed during Christian liturgy.^[1]

16 relations: Alfred Dürr, Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, Cantata, Cantus firmus, Chorale, Christian liturgy, Christoph Graupner, Felix Mendelssohn, Four-part harmony, Georg Philipp Telemann, Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, Johann Krieger, Johann Sebastian Bach, List of church cantatas by liturgical occasion, Lutheran hymn, Missa cantata.
Church cantatas
Classical church music

Alfred Dürr

Alfred Dürr (3 March 1918 – 7 April 2011) was a German musicologist.

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Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis

The Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV) is a catalogue of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach.

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A cantata (literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb cantare, "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir.

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Cantus firmus

In music, a cantus firmus ("fixed melody") is a pre-existing melody forming the basis of a polyphonic composition.

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Chorale

A chorale is the name of several related musical forms originating in the music genre of the Lutheran chorale.

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Christian liturgy

Christian liturgy is a pattern for worship used (whether recommended or prescribed) by a Christian congregation or denomination on a regular basis.

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Christoph Graupner

Christoph Graupner (10 May 1760) was a German composer and harpsichordist of late Baroque music who was a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and George Frideric Handel.

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Felix Mendelssohn

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period.

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Four-part harmony

The term "four-part harmony" refers to music written for four voices, or for some other musical medium—four musical instruments or a single keyboard instrument, for example—for which the various musical parts can give a different note for each chord of the music.

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Georg Philipp Telemann

Georg Philipp Telemann (– 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist.

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Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel

Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (13 January 1690 – 27 November 1749) was a German composer of the Baroque era.

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Johann Krieger

Johann Krieger (28 December 1651 – 18 July 1735) was a German composer and organist, younger brother of Johann Philipp Krieger.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period.

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List of church cantatas by liturgical occasion

The following is a list of church cantatas, sorted by the liturgical occasion for which they were composed and performed. Church cantata and list of church cantatas by liturgical occasion are church cantatas and Classical church music.

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Lutheran hymn

Martin Luther was a great enthusiast for music, and this is why it forms a large part of Lutheran services; in particular, Luther admired the composers Josquin des Prez and Ludwig Senfl and wanted singing in the church to move away from the ars perfecta (Catholic Sacred Music of the late Renaissance) and towards singing as a Gemeinschaft (community).

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Missa cantata

Missa cantata (Latin for "sung Mass") is a form of Tridentine Mass defined officially in 1960 as a sung Mass celebrated without sacred ministers, i.e., deacon and subdeacon.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_cantata

Also known as Cantata cycle, Church cantatas, Sacred cantata.