canzonet
Example Sentences
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He takes his lute and sings an Italian canzonet which has the desired effect.
From The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by George P. (George Putnam) Upton
With a canzonet and tabor, Yea, with ho-ho-ho! and our hi-hi-hi!
From Soldier Songs and Love Songs by A. H. (Alexander Hamilton) Laidlaw
Come to these shades, these airs that stir the screen Of whispering branches and their murmurs set To Philomel's enamored canzonet: Choose this for thine own land, thy loved demesne!
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds
The canzonet opens with a long symphony for piano.
From Shakespeare and Music by Christopher Wilson
The note to which Byron refers is on the canzonet 'Naö sei quem assella', "Thou hast an eye of tender blue."
From Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
