romanza

British  

/ rəˈmænzə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of romanza

from Italian

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Example Sentences

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romanza

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

From Washington Times ● Jul. 17, 2018

If ever, since then, I have been unusually happy in the subject of some bold, spirited romanza, you may be sure I had that scene, and Teresina, vividly before my mind.'

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann

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 Walt Whitman

The second movement, a romanza, shows more contrapuntal resource, and is full of a deep yearning and appeal,—an extremely beautiful movement.

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Rupert Hughes

Raoul tells the story of the unknown fair one he has encountered, in the romanza, "Piu bianca del velo."

From The Standard Operas (12th edition) Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers by George P. (George Putnam) Upton

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