canzoni
- plural of canzone.
Example Sentences
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The princess Leonora remonstrated with her poet on his folly, and Tasso, by way of palinode, wrote a fulsome commentary on three of Pigna's wooden canzoni, ranking them with Petrarch's.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.
Their sonnets and canzoni contributed much to the revival of a purer style, although their elegance is often too elaborate and their thoughts and feelings too artificial.
From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Botta, Anne C. Lynch
Goldoni went up to the circle and listened to a number of gentlemen who recited poems, canzoni, ballads, sonnets, etc.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Sedgwick, Henry Dwight
Cavalcanti has left a number of love sonnets and canzoni, which were honoured by the praise of Dante.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
They learnt to play the viol and lute, and sang canzoni and sonnets to the accompaniment of these instruments.
From Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 by Ady, Julia Mary Cartwright
