canzonet

Example Sentences

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With your leave, I will try a canzonet I learned in London.

From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by Kennedy, John P.

"Much better," observed Joungevello, the minstrel; "I shall write a canzonet in her praise, and sing it before the king."

From Windsor Castle by Ainsworth, William Harrison

This was the meaning of last night's canzonet!

From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Kingsley, Charles

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 Upton, George P. (George Putnam)

With a canzonet and tabor, Yea, with ho-ho-ho! and our hi-hi-hi!

From Soldier Songs and Love Songs by Laidlaw, A. H. (Alexander Hamilton)