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

"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

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.

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 Symonds, John Addington

The canzonet opens with a long symphony for piano.

From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher