canton.

Brit.

/ˈkantəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈkænˌtoʊ/

Forms: Plural cantos.

Etymology: < Italian canto song, singing < Latin cantus, < canĕre to sing.

†1. A song, ballad. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > a song > [noun]

songeOE

leothOE

galec1200

rounc1225

laya1240

gammec1425

muse1528

cantion1579

madrigal1589

canzon1590

canzone1590

canton1594

canto1603

cantilene1635

cantilena1740

Lied1852

art song1875

canzonetta1947

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > poem to be sung

songeOE

wordseOE

leothOE

laya1240

dittya1300

ditea1325

ode1579

dit1590

canton1594

canto1603

1603 G. Fletcher Sorrowes Ioy 23 To heare a Canto of Elizaes death.

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island vi. lxxvi. 83 Then should thy shepherd..sing A thousand Canto's in thy heav'nly praise.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Canto, a Song or Sonnet.

1710 Pict. Malice 12 The Canto, or Poem in Dogrell Rhime.

2. One of the divisions of a long poem; such a part as the minstrel might sing at one ‘fit’. (Used in Italian by Dante, and in English by Spenser.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > canto

fitc888

canto1590

canticle1596

canton1609

jornada1656

duan1763

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene sig. A3 (heading) Canto I.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ii. sig. C2^v The which for length I will not here pursew, But rather will reserue it for a Canto new.

1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars i. lxvii. 23 As the next Canto dreadfully shall tell.

1759 W. H. Dilworth Life of Pope 20 This truly elegant piece in five cantos.

1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxxi. 195 In the twelfth canto of the Purgatorio.

3. Music. [Italian.] See quot. 1879.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > part in harmony or counterpoint > melody or ground

plainsonga1450

ground1592

melody1728

cantilena1740

canto1782

canto fermo1789

air1813

cantus firmus1847

cantus1887

musica plana1940

1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 325 Canto..the upper part or melody in a composition of many parts.

1879 Hullah in Grove Dict. Music I. 306 Technically canto..is understood to represent that part of a concerted piece to which the melody is assigned. With the old masters this was, as a rule, the Tenor; with the modern it is almost always the Soprano.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	canto
释义	canton. Brit. /ˈkantəʊ/, U.S. /ˈkænˌtoʊ/ Forms: Plural cantos. Etymology: < Italian canto song, singing < Latin cantus, < canĕre to sing. †1. A song, ballad. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > a song > [noun] songeOE leothOE galec1200 rounc1225 laya1240 gammec1425 muse1528 cantion1579 madrigal1589 canzon1590 canzone1590 canton1594 canto1603 cantilene1635 cantilena1740 Lied1852 art song1875 canzonetta1947 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > poem to be sung songeOE wordseOE leothOE laya1240 dittya1300 ditea1325 ode1579 dit1590 canton1594 canto1603 1603 G. Fletcher Sorrowes Ioy 23 To heare a Canto of Elizaes death. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island vi. lxxvi. 83 Then should thy shepherd..sing A thousand Canto's in thy heav'nly praise. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Canto, a Song or Sonnet. 1710 Pict. Malice 12 The Canto, or Poem in Dogrell Rhime. 2. One of the divisions of a long poem; such a part as the minstrel might sing at one ‘fit’. (Used in Italian by Dante, and in English by Spenser.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > part of poem > [noun] > canto fitc888 canto1590 canticle1596 canton1609 jornada1656 duan1763 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene sig. A3 (heading) Canto I. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ii. sig. C2^v The which for length I will not here pursew, But rather will reserue it for a Canto new. View more context for this quotation 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars i. lxvii. 23 As the next Canto dreadfully shall tell. 1759 W. H. Dilworth Life of Pope 20 This truly elegant piece in five cantos. 1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxxi. 195 In the twelfth canto of the Purgatorio. 3. Music. [Italian.] See quot. 1879. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > harmony or sounds in combination > [noun] > part in harmony or counterpoint > melody or ground plainsonga1450 ground1592 melody1728 cantilena1740 canto1782 canto fermo1789 air1813 cantus firmus1847 cantus1887 musica plana1940 1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 325 Canto..the upper part or melody in a composition of many parts. 1879 Hullah in Grove Dict. Music I. 306 Technically canto..is understood to represent that part of a concerted piece to which the melody is assigned. With the old masters this was, as a rule, the Tenor; with the modern it is almost always the Soprano. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1590
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