Aria
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In music, an aria is a self-contained piece for one voice, with or without instrumental or orchestral accompaniment, normally part of a larger work.
The farewell aria of Sultan Bajazet in Handel's opera Tamerlano (note the da capo instruction). First edition, London, 1719.
Portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck by Joseph Duplessis, 1775
Cantata
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A cantata is a vocal composition with instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements.
Aria
…or orchestral accompaniment, normally part of a larger work. The typical context for arias is opera, but vocal arias also feature in oratorios and cantatas, or they can be stand-alone concert arias. The term was originally used to refer to any expressive melody, usually, but not always, performed by a…
Soloquartet and strings