Cantata – a solo work with ensembles or orchestra in demand for Lutheran Church. Sacred Cantatas is for liturgy while secular Cantatas is intended for the social events of the nobility.
Chorale – short liturgical work for organ with chorale tune as its basis for the Lutheran Church.
Oratorio – a large scale of musical composition not intended for liturgical use with solos, recitatives, chorus, and does not need costumes, or sceneries
Opera – an art form in which singers and musician perform a dramatic work combining the libretto
n(text), musical score and theatrical setting.
