canzone
noun
a variety of lyric poetry in the Italian style, of Provençal origin, that closely resembles the madrigal.
canzoni
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pluralof canzone.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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 Julia Mary Cartwright Ady
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 Walter W. Greg
It might be August, when one bathes at midnight, and sings canzoni till dawn.
From A Spirit in Prison by Robert Smythe Hichens
The canzoni upon which the commentary is written were probably composed between 1292 and 1300, when he was seeking in philosophy consolation for the loss of Beatrice.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
It is written in prose interspersed with sonnets and canzoni.
From Song and Legend from the Middle Ages by Porter Lander MacClintock
