canzona
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Etymology
Origin of canzona
C19: from Italian, from Latin cantiō song, from canere to sing
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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)
Calvacoressi, on dominant relationship, 52. canon, 11; account of, 36-37. canzona, 69.
From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond
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)
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
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