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- noun Plural form of
canzonetta .
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Examples
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Caccini went back to Florence and continued to set canzonettas.
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Campana and Gordigiani were prolific composers of romanzas and canzonettas of a popular type.
A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music Henry Edward Krehbiel 1888
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I supposed your loft stuffed with dry legal parchments, mortgages and affidavits; you take down a package of manuscript, and lo! there are lyrics and sonnets and canzonettas.
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My sedillas and canzonettas were much admired; and eventually no serenade was considered as effective, without the assistance of the counter-tenor of Anselmo.
The Pacha of Many Tales Frederick Marryat 1820
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My sedillas and canzonettas were much admired; and eventually no serenade was considered as effective, without the assistance of the counter-tenor of Anselmo.
The Pacha of Many Tales Frederick Marryat 1820
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I feel that _you are all right_ as to the metaphysical part; but I also feel that I am sincere, and that if I am only to write '_ad captandum vulgus_,' I might as well edit a magazine at once, or spin canzonettas for Vauxhall.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals Thomas Moore 1815
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"heart, nor voice" to proceed, I feel that 'you are all right' as to the metaphysical part; but I also feel that I am sincere, and that if I am only to write "ad captandum vulgus," I might as well edit a magazine at once, or spin canzonettas for Vauxhall.
The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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