'Canzone' definitions:
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Canzone \Can*zo"ne\, n. [It., a song, fr. L. cantio, fr. canere
to sing. Cf. Chanson, Chant.] (Mus.)
(a) A song or air for one or more voices, of Proven[,c]al
origin, resembling, though not strictly, the madrigal.
(b) An instrumental piece in the madrigal style.
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