Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as romance, 6.
Wiktionary
- n. A kind of sentimental ballad.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. See romance, 5.
Etymologies
- Italian (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Dragon_, which, however, was called a romanza instead of a ballad.”
“The "romanza" is now at an end, and certainly "Boldness, Spirit, and Power" have worked in union.”
Piano and Song How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of Musical Performances
“Among them is a remarkably good piano quintette, while she has also written a sonata and a romanza for violin and piano, besides several beautiful songs.”
“Filologia romanza_, II.p. 23; Finamore, _Tradizioni popolari abruzzesi_, 1882, No. 47, p. 233; and _Nov. tosc.”
“He little thought that Orfeo would ever get so far as Paris, so he appropriated the romanza in the first act and introduced it with but slight modifications into his opera-comique”
“A sonata for piano and violin and a romanza for 'cello have been published, and his "Hiawatha" overture has been played by the Boston”
“Moment Musicale, and a romanza for violin and orchestra have been published in Berlin.”
“In the romanza, syncopation and imitation are much relied on, though the general atmosphere is that of a nocturne, a trio of dance-like manner breaking in.”
“The second movement, a romanza, shows more contrapuntal resource, and is full of a deep yearning and appeal, -- an extremely beautiful movement.”
“Promenade," and "Mazurka" are to be mentioned, and a number of pieces for violin and piano, among them a finely built intermezzo, a berceuse, a romanza that should be highly effective, and a witty scherzino.”
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