canzona

American  

[kan-zoh-nuh, kahn-tsaw-nah] / kænˈzoʊ nə, kɑnˈtsɔ nɑ /

noun

plural

canzone

1. canzone.

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canzona British  

/ kænˈzəʊnə /

noun

1. a type of 16th- or 17th-century contrapuntal music, usually for keyboard, lute, or instrumental ensemble

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Etymology

Origin of canzona

C19: from Italian, from Latin cantiō song, from canere to sing

Example Sentences

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)

The first lyric number of the "Orfeo," that sung by Arist�us, is plainly labeled "canzona," and was, therefore, without doubt a song made after the manner of the lutenists.

From Some Forerunners of Italian Opera by Henderson, W. J. (William James)

Praetorius, in his Syntagma musicum, published at Wolfenbüttel in 1619, distinguishes between the sonata and the canzona.

From The Pianoforte Sonata Its Origin and Development by Shedlock, J. S. (John South)

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)