Definition of canzona in English:
canzona
noun kanˈtsəʊnəkanˈzəʊnəkanˈzōnə
An instrumental arrangement of a French or Flemish song, typical of 16th-century Italy.
Example sentencesExamples
- These three interesting and varied canzonas were composed by Bonelli, Rognone-Taegio and Andrea Gabrieli.
- The canzonas and sonatas are unsurpassed - in scale, expressive range, and sheer idiomatic flair - in the entire sixteenth-century instrumental repertoire.
- Later, from the 1570s on, canzonas were composed for solo keyboard or for instrumental ensembles.
- The second movement is a sort of imitative canzona, which really shows this piece as a sort of bow to the past in many ways.
- He composed pieces for instrumental ensemble and some attractive organ music, notably the canzonas, some of which are arrangements or imitations of French chansons.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Italian, from canzone.