Canzona

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of instrumental composition based on multipart vocal settings of canzoni, produced chiefly in the 16th and 17th centuries

    "Mr. Milnes had a turn in the spotlight with a canzona for solo organ by Johann Caspar Kerll."

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"Mr. Milnes had a turn in the spotlight with a canzona for solo organ by Johann Caspar Kerll."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian canzona.

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