canzonet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of canzonet
From the Italian word canzonetta, dating back to 1585–95. See canzone, -ette
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I will have a canzonet made, with nothing in it but sirrah; and the burthen shall be, I come.
From Cynthia's Revels by Ben Jonson
Ah! who will take the bass parts in my canzonet now, I should like to know?
From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Ernst Theordor Wilhelm Hoffmann
He swung away, singing a canzonet, and quickly vanished, while Brendon, overwhelmed by this extraordinary conversation, sat for an hour motionless and deep in thought.
From The Red Redmaynes by Eden Phillpotts
This was the meaning of last night's canzonet!
From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Charles Kingsley
Come to these shades, these airs that stir the screen Of whispering branches and their murmurs set To Philomel's enamored canzonet: Choose this for thine own land, thy loved demesne!
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds
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