canzona

American  

[kan-zoh-nuh, kahn-tsaw-nah] / kænˈzoʊ nə, kɑnˈtsɔ nɑ /

noun

plural

canzone

1. canzone.

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canzona British  

/ kænˈzəʊnə /

noun

1. a type of 16th- or 17th-century contrapuntal music, usually for keyboard, lute, or instrumental ensemble

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Etymology

Origin of canzona

C19: from Italian, from Latin cantiō song, from canere to sing

Example Sentences

Calvacoressi, on dominant relationship, 52. canon, 11; account of, 36-37. canzona, 69.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond

I at once announced my return to Cornelius by sending him a small Venetian gondola, which I had bought for him in Venice, and to which I added a canzona written with nonsensical Italian words.

From My Life — Volume 2 by Wagner, Richard

Another time the queen of the day, Emilia, invites Dioneo to sing a canzona.

From Some Forerunners of Italian Opera by Henderson, W. J. (William James)

He sang stanzas glorifying the bride and her husband, and the muses responded with a canzona in nine parts.

From Some Forerunners of Italian Opera by Henderson, W. J. (William James)

The first lyric number of the "Orfeo," that sung by Arist�us, is plainly labeled "canzona," and was, therefore, without doubt a song made after the manner of the lutenists.

From Some Forerunners of Italian Opera by Henderson, W. J. (William James)