Type of instrumental music of the 16th and 17th centuries that developed from the Netherlandish chanson.
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Examples for "canzone "
Examples for "canzone "
1 A wonderful canzone by Guinicelli contains the following verses:
2 Some one mentioned a Tuscan popular canzone .
3 They are restricted to two forms: the sonnet, borrowed from the Sicilians, and the canzone , from the Provençals.
4 They are written in two forms, the canzone taken from the Provencals, and the sonnet, taken from the Sicilians.
5 And not believing that I could relate this in the brevity of a sonnet, I began then a canzone .
1 Now follows a number which the author calls a " canzona " - song
2 The Canzona Chamber Choir, with the Orchestra of St Cecilia, is doing exactly that.
3 Gary has written for Canzona and Art New Zealand and has attended music festivals in Warsaw, Helsinki and Tokyo.
4 "En't they got dæmons then, the witches?" said the other man, Michael Canzona .
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