canzonet

Example Sentences

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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)

In lighter vein is the canzonet to the lady who swore by her eyes, a custom which was rather common according to the tales of chivalry so popular shortly before this time.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

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

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.

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

From The Hated Son by Balzac, Honoré de