Cantilena (disambiguation)

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