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Definition of Canzona
1. Noun. (music) A type of instrumental composition based on multipart vocal settings of canzoni, produced chiefly in the 16th and 17th centuries ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Canzona
1. canzone [n -S] - See also: canzone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canzona
Literary usage of Canzona
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Maecenas and the Madrigalist: Patrons, Patronage, and the Origins of the by Anthony M. Cummings (2004)
"Laterza 8c Figli, Tipografi—Editori— Librai, 1936], p. 477). However, I would
observe once again that La gran memoria can be shown to be the canzona... ..."
2. Opere in Versi E in Prosa Del Dottor Filippo Pananti by Filippo Pananti (1824)
"... Chi vive di speranza muor cantando, Questo intanto è un bel monte di monete :
Or chi con più ragion ride e canzona ? Voi cantate eh ? cantate, ..."
3. History of Monmouth County, New Jersy, 1664-1920 by Lewis Historical Publishing Co (1922)
"MICHAEL canzona—Long a resident of the United States, and for the past ...
During the World War, Mr. canzona took an active part in the advancement of every ..."
4. History of Monmouth County, New Jersy, 1664-1920 by Lewis Historical Publishing Co (1922)
"MICHAEL canzona—Long a resident of the United States, and for the past ...
During the World War, Mr. canzona took an active part in the advancement of every ..."
5. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1877)
"The slow movements " intermixed with fugues" arose from the introduction of the
canzona, and Sir John Hawkins in mentioning this as a characteristic of the ..."
6. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"|C. H'HP-] canzona (Ital.) The name of a particular variety of lyric poetry in
the Italian style, and of Provençal origin, which closely resembled the ..."
7. The Popular Encyclopedia: Being a General Dictionary of Arts, Sciences by Daniel Keyte Sandford, Thomas Thomson, Allan Cunningham (1836)
"The canzona usually concludes with a stanza which is shorter than the others,
and is called ... There is also the canzona a bullo, an old Italian poem, ..."
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