Definition of Canzonas

1. Noun. (plural of canzona) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Canzonas

1. canzona [n] - See also: canzona

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canzonas

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canyon oak
canyon treefrog
canyoneer
canyoneering
canyoneers
canyoner
canyoners
canyoning
canyonings
canyonland
canyonlike
canyons
canyonside
canzona
canzonas (current term)
canzone
canzones
canzonet
canzonets
canzonetta
canzonettas
canzoni
caoshu
caoutchin
caoutchouc
caoutchouc pelvis
caoutchouc tree
caoutchoucin
caoutchoucs

Literary usage of Canzonas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Oxford History of Music by William Henry Hadow (1902)
"These works are not unlike the early canzonas, but have many changes of time in them, therein tending in the direction of the later sonatas. ..."

2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"There are a few examples among Frescobaldi 's compositions ; as the 'Aria detta Balletto' in the second book of Toccatas, canzonas, etc., which is curious ..."

3. Music in the History of the Western Church: With an Introduction on by Edward Dickinson (1902)
"So we see the first upspring- iug of a lusty growth of instrumental forms, if they may properly be called forms, — canzonas (the modern fugue in embryo), ..."

4. The Evolution of the Art of Music by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1906)
"So it came about finally that he attempted but little of a sonata order, but concentrated his powers on works of the old style—the toccatas, canzonas, ..."

5. Music: An Art and a Language by Walter Raymond Spalding (1920)
"When instrumental players were in search of pieces, they simply transferred to their instruments the voice-parts of the Madrigals and canzonas which were ..."

6. The Story of Organ Music by C[harles] F[rancis] Abdy Williams (1905)
"He published a collection of toccatas and canzonas in the style of Frescobaldi, making little use of the pedal. ..."

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