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Definition of Canzonet
1. n. A short song, in one or more parts.
Definition of Canzonet
1. Noun. A short song, now especially one which is light and breezy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Canzonet
1. a short song [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canzonet
Literary usage of Canzonet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"... canzonet A queen lived in the South; And music was her mouth, And sunshine
was her hair, By day, and all the night The drowsy embers there Remember'd ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1850)
"canzonet. What was that DAN CUPID said, (Teasing foe of gods and men '.) Eying arch
the laughing maid ? Poising arrow even then, HARRIET ! HARRIET ! ..."
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