[[Fasciculus:Chrisdeburghw.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|[[Christophorus de Burgh]], cantor]]
'''Cantor''' vel '''cantrix''', aut in [[iaz]] et [[musica popularis|musica populari]] '''vocalista''', est [[homo]] qui [[cantus|canit]] vel canere solet.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/vocalist|title=VOCALIST – meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary|website=Dictionary.cambridge.org|access-date=30 Ianuarii 2019}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/vocalist | title=Vocalist | Definition of vocalist in US English by Oxford Dictionaries}}.</ref> '''Cantus''', vel '''concentus''', est [[ars]] [[sonus|sonorum]] [[musica|musicorum]] [[vox|voce]] efficiendorum.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Definition of SINGING|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/singing|access-date=2021-01-18|website=www.merriam-webster.com|language=en}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Definition of sing {{!}} Dictionary.com|url=https://www.dictionary.com/browse/singing|access-date=2021-01-18|website=www.dictionary.com|language=en}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Company|first=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing|title=The American Heritage Dictionary entry: singing|url=https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=singing|access-date=2021-01-18|website=ahdictionary.com}}.</ref> Cantores [[aria|ariis]], [[cantus recitatorius|recitatoriis]], [[carmen|carminibus]], aliisque [[genus musicum|generibus musicis]] perfunguntur, aut cum aut sine [[adiunctio (musica)|adiunctione]] ab [[instrumentum musicum|instrumentis]] praebita. [[Cantus]] saepe a [[coetus|coetu]]<!--?ensemble--> musicorum efficitur, sicut [[chorus|choro]] cantorum et [[grex|grege]] instrumentalistarum. Cantores soli perfungi possunt, vel ab uno instrumento, ut in [[carmen artis|carminibus artis]] nonnullisque modis [[iaz]]ensibus, aut multis instrumentis, ut [[big band]] etiam adeo [[orchestra]] symphonica. Inter varios canendi modos sunt [[musica culta]] sicut [[opera]] [[cultura Occidentalis|Occidentalis]] et [[opera Sinica|Sinica]], [[musica classica Hindustanica]], genera [[musica religiosa|musicae religiosae]] sicut [[musica evangelistica]], [[musica traditionalis]], [[musica mundi]], [[iaz]], [[blues]], et [[ghazal]], ac genera popularia sicut [[musica popularis]], [[musica rockica]], et [[musica saltatoria electronica]].
