Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
romance , 6.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
romance , 5.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A kind of
sentimental ballad .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Dragon_, which, however, was called a romanza instead of a ballad.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Kuno Francke 1892
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The "romanza" is now at an end, and certainly "Boldness, Spirit, and Power" have worked in union.
Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances Friedrich Wieck 1829
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Filologia romanza_, II.p. 23; Finamore, _Tradizioni popolari abruzzesi_, 1882, No. 47, p. 233; and _Nov. tosc.
Italian Popular Tales Thomas Frederick Crane
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Among them is a remarkably good piano quintette, while she has also written a sonata and a romanza for violin and piano, besides several beautiful songs.
Woman's Work in Music Arthur Elson
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He little thought that Orfeo would ever get so far as Paris, so he appropriated the romanza in the first act and introduced it with but slight modifications into his opera-comique
Musical Memories Saint-Saens, Camille 1919
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In the romanza, syncopation and imitation are much relied on, though the general atmosphere is that of a nocturne, a trio of dance-like manner breaking in.
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The second movement, a romanza, shows more contrapuntal resource, and is full of a deep yearning and appeal, -- an extremely beautiful movement.
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"Promenade," and "Mazurka" are to be mentioned, and a number of pieces for violin and piano, among them a finely built intermezzo, a berceuse, a romanza that should be highly effective, and a witty scherzino.
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A sonata for piano and violin and a romanza for 'cello have been published, and his "Hiawatha" overture has been played by the Boston
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Moment Musicale, and a romanza for violin and orchestra have been published in Berlin.
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