canzonet
Example Sentences
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Percy sings a Spanish seguidilla, or a German lied, or a French romance, or a Neapolitan canzonet, which, I am bound to say, excites very little attention.
From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by William Makepeace Thackeray
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
The sestina, a very elaborate canzonet, was invented in Provence and borrowed by the Italians.
From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by George Saintsbury
The canzonet opens with a long symphony for piano.
From Shakespeare and Music by Christopher Wilson
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 John P. Kennedy
