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
I will have a canzonet made, with nothing in it but sirrah; and the burthen shall be, I come.
From Cynthia's Revels by Ben Jonson
He swung away, singing a canzonet, and quickly vanished, while Brendon, overwhelmed by this extraordinary conversation, sat for an hour motionless and deep in thought.
From The Red Redmaynes by Eden Phillpotts
Etienne sang once more the pretty canzonet, with a new expression, a new meaning.
From The Hated Son by Honoré de Balzac
It also belongs to the octave group, and is diversified with a canzonet.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg
