Crucifixion has figured prominently in Easter cantatas, oratorios, and requiems. Vivaldi wrote concertos, cantatas and sacred vocal music for them. The cantata is one of few sacred Bach cantatas opened by an orchestral sinfonia. Bach's oratorios can be considered as expanded cantatas. She wrote a number of secular cantatas and two oratorios to Italian texts. Caldara is best known as a composer of operas, cantatas and oratorios. Lutheran composers wrote instrumentally accompanied cantatas, often based on chorale tunes. His output includes operas, concertos, sonatas for one to six instruments, sinfonias, and solo cantatas. Later church cantatas include the chorale cantatas (final version) and . Choirs can lend materials for the performances of most Bach cantatas. Works from three annual cycles of cantatas for the liturgical calendar have survived. Between 1852 and 1854, Crosby wrote the librettos of three cantatas for Root. Johann Sebastian Bach composed a number of cantatas for Trinity Sunday. Bach collected his cantatas in annual cycles. Bach's compositions include hundreds of cantatas, both sacred and secular.