Lexicographical Neighbors of Cantalas
Literary usage of Cantalas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Dictionary of Music: To which is Prefixed a Familiar Introduction ...by Thomas Busby by Thomas Busby (1811)
"... An expression nj>- plied by the Italians to all vocal compositions not designed
for the church or theatre, but the cham- ter only; as cantalas, ..."