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can•ta•ta



Pronunciation: (kun-tä'tu), [key]
n.
1. a choral composition, either sacred and resembling a short oratorio or secular, as a lyric drama set to music but not to be acted.
2. a metrical narrative set to recitative or alternate recitative and air, usually for a single voice accompanied by one or more instruments.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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