Definitions for canzone
kænˈzoʊ ni; It. kɑnˈtsɔ nɛ; -nican·zone

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1. canzone(Noun)

   An Italian or Provençal song or ballad.

2. canzone(Noun)

   A canzona (mediaeval Italian instrumental composition).

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1. Canzone(noun)

   a song or air for one or more voices, of Provencal origin, resembling, though not strictly, the madrigal

   Etymology: [It., a song, fr. L. cantio, fr. canere to sing. Cf. Chanson, Chant.]

2. Canzone(noun)

   an instrumental piece in the madrigal style

   Etymology: [It., a song, fr. L. cantio, fr. canere to sing. Cf. Chanson, Chant.]

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1. Canzone

   Literally "song" in Italian, a canzone is an Italian or Provençal song or ballad. It is also used to describe a type of lyric which resembles a madrigal. Sometimes a composition which is simple and songlike is designated as a canzone, especially if it is by a non-Italian; a good example is the aria "Voi che sapete" from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro. The term canzone is also used interchangeably with canzona, an important Italian instrumental form of the late 16th and early 17th century. Often works designated as such are canzoni da sonar; these pieces are an important precursor to the sonata. Terminology was lax in the late Renaissance and early Baroque music periods, and what one composer might call "canzoni da sonar" might be termed "canzona" by another, or even "fantasia". In the work of some composers, such as Paolo Quagliati, the terms seem to have had no formal implication at all. Derived from the Provençal canso, the very lyrical and original Italian canzone consists of 5 to 7 stanzas typically set to music, each stanza resounding the first in rhyme scheme and in number of lines. The canzone is typically hendecasyllabic. The congedo or commiato also forms the pattern of the Provençal tornado, known as the French envoi, addressing the poem itself or directing it to the mission of a character, originally a personage. Originally delivered at the Sicilian court of Emperor Frederick II during the 13th century of the Middle Ages, the lyrical form was later commanded by Dante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, and leading Renaissance writers such as Spenser.

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1. Canzone

   kan-zō′nā, n. a song or air in two or more parts, with passages of fugue and imitation: a series of stanzas in Italian poetry, of various metrical arrangements, and restricted to no set themes—(dim.) Canzonet′, Canzonette′. [It., a song (Fr. chanson), L. cantion-em, canĕre, to sing.]

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   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of canzone in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of canzone in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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