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Definition of Canzonas
1. canzona [n] - See also: canzona
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canzonas
Literary usage of Canzonas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Oxford History of Music by William Henry Hadow (1902)
"These works are not unlike the early canzonas, but have many changes of time in
them, therein tending in the direction of the later sonatas. ..."
2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"There are a few examples among Frescobaldi 's compositions ; as the 'Aria detta
Balletto' in the second book of Toccatas, canzonas, etc., which is curious ..."
3. Music in the History of the Western Church: With an Introduction on by Edward Dickinson (1902)
"So we see the first upspring- iug of a lusty growth of instrumental forms, if
they may properly be called forms, — canzonas (the modern fugue in embryo), ..."
4. The Evolution of the Art of Music by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1906)
"So it came about finally that he attempted but little of a sonata order, but
concentrated his powers on works of the old style—the toccatas, canzonas, ..."
5. Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding (1920)
"When instrumental players were in search of pieces, they simply transferred to
their instruments the voice-parts of the Madrigals and canzonas which were ..."
6. The Story of Organ Music by C[harles] F[rancis] Abdy Williams (1905)
"He published a collection of toccatas and canzonas in the style of Frescobaldi,
making little use of the pedal. ..."
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