''A Christmas Cantata'' (French: ''Une cantate de Noël''; German: ''Eine Weihnachtskantate'') is a Christmas cantata composed by Arthur Honegger in 1953; it is reportedly his last composition. It requires a

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, a

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soloist, an

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, an orchestra and a

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, and it describes the Christmas story. The cantata is divided into three parts.

References

Compositions by Arthur Honegger Christmas cantatas 1953 compositions Music for orchestra and organ Christmas music {{classical-composition-stub