1. a type of lyrical poem, especially one set to music
Usage: literary
2. a musical composition in the style of a song
Usage: music

Examples

• The poet wrote a beautiful canzone about unrequited love.
• Petrarch’s canzones influenced Renaissance poetry throughout Europe.
• The composer set the ancient canzone to a modern melody.
• She studied the structure of Italian canzones in her literature class.
• The canzone featured elaborate rhyme schemes and musical phrasing.
• Musicians often performed canzones at court during the medieval period.