canzonette

In his leisure time, Leonardo wrote letters in Latin and translations from Greek, but he was most widely celebrated for his love songs, particularly his canzonette and strombotti.

Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

Thereafter, and especially during the decade between 1730 and 1740, Metastasio was engaged in the composition of his many melodramas (over seventy in number), his oratorios, cantate, canzonette, etc.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

The ballate and canzonette of Poliziano have the true lyrical note, while his "Stanze per la Giostra" are impregnated with the spirit of Florentine painting, and his "Orfeo" handles a mythological subject in the style of a religious mystery play.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Luna, defended him in his "Riposta alla censura fatta alle canzonette marineresche per le festivita di Maria Santissima."

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

Tornielli's principal works are: "Sette canzonette in marineresca sopra le sette principale feste di Nostra Signora" (Milan, 1738);

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

I took my harp and, wishing to impress him, I sang the famous canzonette.

Nobody's Boy Sans Famille Hector Malot 1868

Scotch and Irish melodies, Neapolitan canzonette, and the popular airs of their own country, were all rendered by them with equal mastery.

Records of a Girlhood Fanny Kemble 1851

Adèle sang the canzonette tunefully enough, and with the naivete of her age.

Jane Eyre: an autobiography, Vol. I. 1848

'Perhaps you will join her in some canzonette; I am so stupid as not to be able to sing.

Henrietta Temple A Love Story Benjamin Disraeli 1842