romanza

British  

/ rəˈmænzə /

noun

1. music a short instrumental piece of song-like character

---

Etymology

Origin of romanza

from Italian

Example Sentences

Murano glass wall sconces, and chandeliers add a bit of Venetian bellezza and romanza to your stay.

From Washington Times • Jul. 17, 2018

Perhaps I could yet please your ears with a romanza which I composed myself— Mrs. Granahan.

From The Turn of the Road A Play in Two Scenes and an Epilogue by Mayne, Rutherford

Of these periodicals, the most important for Proven�al are Romania, les Annales du Midi, Zeitschrift der Romanischen Philologie, Archiv fur das Studium der neueren Sprachen, Romanische Studien, Studj di filologia romanza, Revue des langues romanes.

From The Troubadours by Chaytor, H.J.

The "romanza" is now at an end, and certainly "Boldness, Spirit, and Power" have worked in union.

From Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances by Nichols, Mary P.

Song of the Answerer 1 Now list to my morning's romanza, I tell the signs of the Answerer, To the cities and farms I sing as they spread in the sunshine before me.

From Leaves of Grass by Whitman, Walt