canzone

song Literally "song" in Italian, a canzone (Italian pronunciation: [kanˈtsoːne], plural: canzoni; cognate with English to chant) is an Italian or Provençal song or ballad.

canzone {feminine} ♫ ♫ Canzone d'amore, la mia canzone di vita.

Form and Structure Usually, there are eight to twenty lines per stanza and 10-11 syllables per line. In some variations of the verse form, the poet makes use of keywords rather than a traditional rhyme scheme. Often times the verse form is compared to a madrigal or a sestina.

Noun. canzone (plural canzones or canzoni) An Italian or Provençal song or ballad.

Four pitches (Eb, G, A, Bb) form the primary musical materials for the one-movement Canzona for the Music Makers. In four short sections, the piece begins with a fanfare-like opening that quickly builds to include all instruments of the ensemble. A dreamy, reflective second section follows.

The sixteenth century saw the development of instrumental music such as the canzona, ricercare, fantasia, variations, and contrapuntal dance-inspired compositions, for both soloists and ensembles, as a truly distinct and independent genre with its own idioms separate from vocal forms and practical dance accompaniment.

The article presents a socio-historical analysis of the Italian canzone d'autore (literally “author's song”) as both a musical genre and an aesthetic category.

Literally “song” in Italian, the canzone is a lyric poem originating in medieval Italy and France and usually consisting of hendecasyllabic lines with end-rhyme.

In the classical music tradition, this type of setting may be referred to as an art song. A poem set to music in the German language is called a lied, or in the French language, a Mélodie. A group of poems, usually by the same poet, which are set to music to form a single work, is called a song cycle.

Just like the -ed ending, there are three ways of saying the plural “s” ending in English: [s] [z] [ɪz]

The distinctive “canzona” rhythm (long-short-short) is used as a primary structural element for the piece. A further influence of Gabrieli's music is the presence of an antiphonal brass ensemble, which is heard during the opening and closing sections of the composition.

The instrumental canzona derived its form from the French polyphonic chanson known in Italy as canzon(a) francese; many early canzonas were instrumental arrangements of chansons, alternating between polyphonic and homophonic (based on chords) sections.