canzona
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canzone
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of canzona
C19: from Italian, from Latin cantiō song, from canere to sing
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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
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
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)
In power and in poetry, this canzone will bear a comparison with many of the more rapturous effusions of his youth.
From The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
Francis I.'s song, in the drama of Le Roi s'amuse, arrests the attention much more than does the Duke of Mantua's canzone in Rigoletto.
From The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School by Edwards, Henry Sutherland
Down he plumped, accordingly, cross-legged by his new mistress, and warbled a canzone to the viola which enchanted the lady.
From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
The remainder of the second book is given to the various forms of poetry,—the canzone, the ballata, the sonnet,—and to the rules of versification.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
Once more, it is the thought of Simonetta which pervades the landscape of the third canzone I have mentioned.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
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