Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A particular variety of lyric poetry in the Italian style, and of Provençal origin, which closely resembled the madrigal.
- noun In music: A setting of such poetry, differing from the madrigal in being less elaborate and artistic.
- noun An instrumental piece resembling a madrigal.
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- noun music A type of instrumental composition based on multipart vocal settings of
canzoni , produced chiefly in the 16th and 17th centuries
Etymologies
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Examples
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Now follows a number which the author calls a "canzona" -- song.
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He could even write a piece that resembles, paradoxically, an instrumental canzona alla francese transcribed for voices Si pour moy avez du souci.
Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009
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The style, however, is by no means wholly Italianate: the second movements sometimes marked ‘canzona’ especially show Purcell's gift for old-fashioned counterpoint.
Archive 2009-05-01 Lu 2009
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The first lyric number of the "Orfeo," that sung by Aristæus, is plainly labeled "canzona," and was, therefore, without doubt a song made after the manner of the lutenists.
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He sang stanzas glorifying the bride and her husband, and the muses responded with a canzona in nine parts.
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Another time the queen of the day, Emilia, invites Dioneo to sing a canzona.
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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.
My Life — Volume 2 Richard Wagner 1848
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Still, for the short performances offered on Tuesday, which ranged from a Gabrieli canzona for eight brass instruments to Gershwin's "American in Paris," the sound was clear, resonant and vibrant.
NYT > Home Page By ANTHONY TOMMASINI 2011
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Still, for the short performances offered on Tuesday, which ranged from a Gabrieli canzona for eight brass instruments to Gershwin's "American in Paris," the sound was clear, resonant and vibrant.
NYT > Home Page By ANTHONY TOMMASINI 2011
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They had stuck the tune for the jingle onto the end of an Italian canzona.
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November 12, 2008