canzone

Definitions of canzone
  1. noun
    a short musical composition with words
    synonyms: canto, sigla
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    examples:
    magnificat
    (Luke) the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning `Magnificat anima mea Dominum')
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    ballata
    a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
    nenia, requie, requiem
    a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person
    cantilena, ninnananna
    a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep
    serenata
    a song characteristically played outside the house of a woman
    inno
    a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
    blues
    a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
    madrigale
    an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form
    type of:
    componimento musicale, composizione, composizione musicale, musica
    a musical work that has been created
  2. noun
    the act of singing
    synonyms: canto
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    types:
    cantilena, ninnananna
    the act of singing a quiet song to lull a child to sleep
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