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