canzonet

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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 Phillpotts, Eden

I will have a canzonet made, with nothing in it but sirrah; and the burthen shall be, I come.

From Cynthia's Revels by Jonson, Ben

In lighter vein is the canzonet to the lady who swore by her eyes, a custom which was rather common according to the tales of chivalry so popular shortly before this time.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

Ah! who will take the bass parts in my canzonet now, I should like to know?

From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm

He got to know fairly well Mendelssohn's canzonet quartet and Schumann's pianoforte quintet Op.

From Cardinal Newman as a Musician by Bellasis, Edward