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canzonetta

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canzonetta

Term often synonymous with canzona in 16th-17th-century Italy; later it came to mean a light song or short and simple air in an opera.



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After the dancing, which has already been described, and a supper, Bianca again played the organ before singing a canzonetta with Nannina.
Performing for strangers: Women, dance, and music in Quattrocento ... by Bryce, Judith / Renaissance Quarterly
In the central Canzonetta he is even more tender and individual in his phrasing .
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The humorous Italian part-songs which form the basis of DeFord's edition were "the first pieces specifically called canzonette and the first compositions to display the distinctive combination of features that define the canzonetta style.
The Four-Voice Canzonettas: With Original Texts and Contrafacta by ... by Jackson, Donna Cardamone / Renaissance Quarterly
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