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Canzonetta

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Noun
  1. 1
    A style of popular Italian secular vocal composition which originated around 1560, or a piece composed in this style

    "In the canzonetta, Mr. McDuffie summoned a subtle glow, which was well matched by flute and clarinet soloists."

Etymology

From Italian canzonetta, from canzone (“song”) + -etta (“-ette: forming diminutives”), from Latin cantiō. Doublet of canzonet. Cf. canzone.

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