canzonet

Example Sentences

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With a canzonet and tabor, Thus, with ho-ho-ho! and our hi-hi-hi!

From Soldier Songs and Love Songs by Laidlaw, A. H. (Alexander Hamilton)

The note to which Byron refers is on the canzonet 'Naö sei quem assella', "Thou hast an eye of tender blue."

From Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

He takes his lute and sings an Italian canzonet which has the desired effect.

From The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)

Etienne sang once more the pretty canzonet, with a new expression, a new meaning.

From The Hated Son by Balzac, Honoré de

With your leave, I will try a canzonet I learned in London.

From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by Kennedy, John P.