canzonets

Mr. Norton has in all cases kept to the metres of the original, but in most of the canzonets has sacrificed rhyme to literality, -- a sacrifice which we are inclined to regret, chiefly because the translator has elsewhere shown that the closest fidelity need not involve the loss of any charm of the original.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Various

France, and amongst these were some canzonets and other vocal pieces which she begged Isidore to sing.

The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France Alfred H. Engelbach

The incidents of the slight history furnish occasion for sonnets and canzonets, which often repeat the facts and sentiments of the prose, and which are again elaborately expounded.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Various

It appears to us that generally the sonnets are translated better than the canzonets, and that where Mr. Norton has found the rhyme quite indispensable, he has all the more successfully performed his task.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 Various

Aminta, who was a perfect musician, went to the piano, and sang some of those charming canzonets which are so sweet and touching, like the flowers of this country of melody.

The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 Various

Her three lovers had praised her with many canzonets and sonnets on that

The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages James Branch Cabell 1918

As a composer of madrigals he was exceedingly fertile, and his six books of them, with one of canzonets and vilanelles, appeared between the years 1585 and 1606.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

Mrs. Hunter wrote the words for most of the twelve English canzonets.

Haydn Runciman, John F 1908

The young priest found himself haunting the solemn shades of the Duomo instead of serenading countesses; vowed to write no more canzonets, and doubted much whether Marini were a better poet than Dante after all.

Robert Browning Herford, C H 1905

Nor was it Madame Bartolozzi, for whom Haydn wrote a sonata and three trios; nor Mrs. John Hunter, who wrote words for many of his canzonets.

The Love Affairs of Great Musicians Hughes, Rupert, 1872-1956 1903