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A cantilena is a vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style. The term may also refer to:

• Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 by Heitor Villa-Lobos
• Cantilena (album), jazz album by First House
• Cantilena Antiqua, an Italian early music ensemble
• Cantilena Chamber Players, a chamber music ensemble active in the 1980s
• Cantilenae Intelectuales de Phoenice Redivivo, a 17th-century alchemical book
• Il-Kantilena, the oldest known literary text in Maltese
• Salv'a lo vescovo senato, also known as the Cantilena giullaresca, a 12th-century Tuscan poem

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