canzonet

Example Sentences

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The canzonet opens with a long symphony for piano.

From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher

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

From The Hated Son by Balzac, Honoré de

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

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

"Much better," observed Joungevello, the minstrel; "I shall write a canzonet in her praise, and sing it before the king."

From Windsor Castle by Ainsworth, William Harrison

It was not one of the plaintive lays of his own country, but a lively, blithe Italian canzonet, with trills that sounded like the merry warbling of a lark.

From The Pobratim A Slav Novel by Jones, P.