canzona

[ kan-zoh-nuh; Italian kahn-tsaw-nah ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural can·zo·ne [kan-, zoh, -ney, kahn-, tsaw, -ne].

canzona

/ kænˈzəʊnə /

a type of 16th- or 17th-century contrapuntal music, usually for keyboard, lute, or instrumental ensemble

Origin of canzona¹

C19: from Italian, from Latin cantiō song, from canere to sing

Its birthplace was Italy; the canzona of Frescobaldi and his compeers was the parent of the fugue.

Another time the queen of the day, Emilia, invites Dioneo to sing a canzona.

He sang stanzas glorifying the bride and her husband, and the muses responded with a canzona in nine parts.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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