canzone

American  

[kan-zoh-nee, kahn-tsaw-ne] / kænˈzoʊ ni, kɑnˈtsɔ nɛ /

noun

plural

canzones, canzoni

1. a variety of lyric poetry in the Italian style, of Provençal origin, that closely resembles the madrigal.

2. a poem in which each word that appears at the end of a line of the first stanza appears again at the end of one of the lines in each of the following stanzas.

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canzone British  

/ kænˈzəʊnɪ /

noun

1. a Provençal or Italian lyric, often in praise of love or beauty

2. 1. a song, usually of a lyrical nature

   2. (in 16th-century choral music) a polyphonic song from which the madrigal developed

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Etymology

Origin of canzone

1580–90; < Italian < Latin cantiōnem, accusative singular of cantiō song; see canto, -ion

Example Sentences

The remainder of the second book is given to the various forms of poetry,—the canzone, the ballata, the sonnet,—and to the rules of versification.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

Chi scrisse questa canzone Un gran Contino è, Anch ’egli il stregone Ch’ amava la figlia del re.

From Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series by Leland, Charles Godfrey

Poems, fantasies, visions, romances, tales—this stock was daily increased with all sorts of extravagant sonnets, stanzas, and canzone, and he read all to Olympia for hours in succession without fatigue.

From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various

Once more, it is the thought of Simonetta which pervades the landscape of the third canzone I have mentioned.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

The last two are somewhat Pindaric in style, but also suggest the influence of the Italian canzone.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various