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Definition of Canzonets
1. canzonet [n] - See also: canzonet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canzonets
Literary usage of Canzonets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Garner: Ingatherings from Our History & Literature by Edward Arber (1897)
"Many of the lighter songs are, if not direct translations from the Italian, close
imitations of the more favourite Madrigals, canzonets, &c., ..."
2. Universal Biography: Containing a Copious Account, Critical and Historical ...by John Lemprière by John Lemprière (1810)
"... of St. Peter's church, in the execution of which he spent 17 laborious years
without salary. He was alto an elegant poet, as his sonnets, canzonets, ..."
3. The Irish Quarterly Review (1853)
"... and Poetical Works published in England during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth
Centuries, under the Titles of Madrigals, Ballets, Ayres, canzonets. ..."
4. The Elizabethan Lyric: A Study by John Erskine (1903)
"Oh ! they both live in pleasure Where joys exceed all measure."l In 1593 appeared
Thomas Morley's canzonets, or Little Short Songs to Three Voices. ..."
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