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Canzone [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A song or air in two or three parts, with passages of fugue and imitation; or a poem to which music may be composed in the style of a cantata. When set to a piece of instrumental music, it signifies much the same as cantata; and when set to a sonata, it signifies allegro, or a brisk movement.

Canzone [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A song or air for one or more voices, of Provencal origin, resembling, though not strictly, the madrigal.

2. An instrumental piece in the madrigal style.

Canzonet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A little or short song, in one, two or three parts. It sometimes consists of two strains, each of which is sung twice. Sometimes it is a species of jig.

Canzonet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A short song, in one or more parts.